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Atletico's historic complex weighs heavily on Simeone at Camp Nou

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Atletico's historic complex weighs heavily on Simeone at Camp Nou Atletico Madrid will now take on Barcelona in the Catalan stronghold of Camp Nou to renew their quest to break their historic contract against the home owners, as the Rokhiplankos failed to win 16 years ago!

Atlético's last victory at the Barcelona Stadium was on 5 February 2006, 1-3.


Since then, Atletico Madrid have played 21 matches at Barça, where they have lost 13 times and drawn eight.


Fernando Torres scored twice and Argentine Maxi Rodriguez added the third goal in this indelible victory simply because he was the last of the Rojiplankos on this pitch when a team was reeling in the lowest positions in the rankings compared to its present and past.


Atletico finished that season (2005-2006) in 10th place in La Liga, 16 points ahead of the Champions League and 30 points behind champions Barcelona, and their European goal was more of a obsession than ever before.


Since 2006, Atletico have lost seven of their 13 defeats at the Camp Nou, under current manager Diego Simeone.


In the 2007-2008 season, they lost 3-0 to Portugal's Deco, Argentina's Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez (currently Barça coach).

They lost 6-1 in the 2008-09 season in La Liga, while losing 2-1 in the King's Cup, losing 5-2 in the 2009-10 season with a goal to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the first minute as Cookie Resquirsson made his first appearance at the age of 17.

In the 2010-2011 season, he lost with three clean goals scored by Lionel Messi.


Before Simeone took over, Atletico lost in 2011 5-0 under Gregorio Manzano.


In this 16-year career at the Camp Nou, Atlético have conceded 46 goals, 15 of which have scored 10 under Simeone.

In next Sunday's match in the 23rd round of La Liga, each team needs to win to continue between the teams presented, so it will be an important match for both sides after a break for teams that did not play the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.


The match comes after the closure of the winter transfer market, and may see the emergence of new elements of new deals for the two teams.

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