The last transition from the Champions League to the Europa League ended for Atletico in the second most important club tournament in the Old World.

The last time Atletico took third place in the group stage of the Champions League in the 2009/10 season, conceding ahead of Chelsea and Porto. However, as it turned out, there is no good without good - "mattress" replenished its club museum with a new trophy.

Reaching the final, the "rohibiblancos" beat Fulham - 2: 1, and for this Atletico needed to play extra time.

By the way, Atletico played very much the play-offs of the Europa League, only a little more than his opponents:

3-2 on the sum of two matches with Galatasaray, 2-2 with Sporting L (more goals on away), 2-2 with Valencia the same option), 2: 2 with Liverpool (a similar case, but had to play extra time).

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