Little rest for Atletico as Getafe trip looms


Atletico Madrid's players celebrate their team's first goal against Barcelona during their Champions League quarter-final second leg soccer match in Madrid, April 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

MADRID (Reuters) - Surprise La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid have little time to bask in the glory of Wednesday's Champions League win against Barcelona with a tricky trip across town to play relegation-threatened Getafe looming on Sunday.

Atletico's stunning 1-0 success at the Calderon sealed a 2-1 aggregate success for Diego Simeone's outperforming side and sent them through to the last four of Europe's elite club competition for the first time in 40 years.

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