New-look Atletico primed to retain La Liga title


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 20 Aug 2014

Chelsea's Diego Costa (R) celebrates his goal against Burnley during their English Premier League soccer match at Turf Moor in Burnley, northern England August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

(Reuters) - Champions Atletico Madrid have been predictably shorn of key players for the new La Liga campaign but have reinvested well and can again upstage the top two in Spain.

Long before last season was over, clubs with more financial clout were eyeing pickings from the Calderon as Diego Simeone’s resilient side breathed new life into the championship which had become a two-horse race between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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