Debut the Champions League after 12 years of absence, The 'atleti' returns to big club

* The team recovered to Forlán and Heitinga while not travel Maxi, Pablo nor Pernía

The 'atleti' returns to the big club, the club for which years ago was walking as one, where the Aragonese, Garate or Ayala forged a name that did shake the opposition who crossed her path, the club that never had to leave.

After 4,198 days athletics Madrid returns to play a game of Champions League, and does so in Holland, the birthplace of Ajax Amsterdam before which fell almost twelve years ago in a game that was engraved in the memories of everything from athletic pro. It will do so before the PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday at 20:45.

Little remains of that equipment already in force and League Cup champions, who were walking in Europe steady, it can give faith Widzew Lodz, Steaua or Borussia Dortmund (before the atleti suffered his only defeat in the competition). In Quarterfinals crossed the Ajax Cruyff. In the first leg, last exit rojiblancos in Champions League, were tied 1-1 at the brand new Amsterdam Arena, everything was open for a return. The rest is pure memory rojiblancos: Esnáider of the penalty, the goal by Dani (later dressed shirt rival), the goal of Pantic (last atleti in both the Champions League) and the final goal of Babangida that ended with dream.

Today children are surprised when they checked quen is true that one day the team celebrated around the top back to Europe was able to confront the Ajax Overmars, Kluivert or Litmanen. For them the 'atleti' is the team that fell to second, he had to resort to the Intertoto to return to Europe, which fell into the Uefa Branded somewhat unable to Bolton at the Calderon. Children ask their parents because they continue to this team, unable to understand that his father carried him on Sunday to pass badly while on the other side the Cibeles suffers every year an invasion in its vicinity in the eyes of Neptune. It is high time that the rojiblancos to live up to their more than 100 years of history.

With Heitinga and Forlán but without 'Maxi', and Paul Pernía

The box Aguirre is presented in the group stage of the Champions League with Heitinga and Forlán, returning after the 'virus Fife' which decreased to those of Aguirre before the Valladolid. Not traveling Pernía nor the captain, Maxi, culminating with Schalke 04. Nor will do so by a court Paul on the forehead as was done in training last Friday and which also prevented him from attending Pucela.

The big news in the Aguirre will be to ever Banegas, the latest addition rojiblancos, unpublished so far in a call which has already completed its tuning and is already acclimatised to discipline colchonera.

In the Phillips Stadium, the 'atleti' not find any gift. The PSV is the current champion of the Dutch league and colíder now and despite the sale of its star striker, the Peruvian Farfán, has high quality players like Ibrahim Afellay, 22 years young medium that was vital in the last title league, an entire brain opening defenses and giving assistance. A competitive team that will want to continue the streak of evil Spanish teams in Eindhoven where only has won the Barcelona in the quarterfinals of the Uefa Cup in 1995-96. Four local victories and five draws summarizes nine other clashes between PSV and Spanish teams in Holland.

The rojiblancos in particular have reaped no good data on the land of tulips, Ajax and Groningen have finished in 2 times each with athletic aspirations in Europe. For many reasons, 'atleti' has a rendezvous with history and show whether it is true that has buried once and for all its ghosts. It is high time to put color to the joys and know that parents tell their children, "Why are we the atleti '?".