{"id":321897,"date":"2026-04-20T23:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321897"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:38:54","slug":"atletico-madrid-issue-statement-after-suffering-double-blow-ahead-of-arsenal-clash-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/atletico-madrid-issue-statement-after-suffering-double-blow-ahead-of-arsenal-clash-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid issue statement after suffering double blow ahead of Arsenal clash | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Diego Simeone could possibly be without two essential players against Arsenal (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atletico Madird are facing an anxious wait over the fitness of two key players ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Diego Simeone\u2019s side face the Gunners in the primary leg of their last 4 showdown on home soil in only nine days\u2019 time. <\/p>\n

Each Ademola Lookman and Alexander Sorloth face races against time to Copa del Rey final defeat against Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n

Each forwards have featured prominently this season and can likely miss theupcoming league games against Elche and Athletic Bilbao. <\/p>\n

\u2018Lookman and S\u00f8rloth will train individually from the group for the subsequent few days; maximum precaution to avoid the danger of injury,\u2019 read an announcement on the club\u2019s website. <\/p>\n

Real Sociedad beat\u00a0Atletico<\/strong> on penalties to win the cup, giving American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo his first title since he moved to Spain this season.<\/p>\n

After the sport finished 2-2 following beyond regular time, Sociedad goalkeeper Unai Marrero saved efforts from Alexander Sorloth and Juli\u00e1n Alvare, while Pablo Mar\u00edn converted the last kick to clinch the shootout 4-3.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I knew that if we got to penalties, I believed in myself, my teammates believed in me, our fans believed in me,\u2019 the 24-year-old Marrero said before the winners received the trophy and medals from Spanish King Felipe VI.<\/p>\n

\u2018I still can\u2019t consider it,\u2019 Marrero said. \u2018The boy who dreamed about this since he was young has fulfilled his dream.\u2019<\/p>\n

Atletico will now turn its focus to possible European glory and a spot within the Champions League final on the expense of faltering Arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u2018We fought back from the 1-0 and 2-1 and had probabilities to win it. We will only congratulate our rival, which was more clinical at key moments,\u2019 said Simeone, who after a point-blank miss by Alex Baena in the ultimate minutes went down on his hands and knees along with his head briefly pressed to the turf.<\/p>\n

\u2018We wish to win the Champions League,\u2019 Atletico\u2019s veteran midfielder Koke added. \u2018<\/p>\n

\u2018But tonight is a tough night. We can have time to think in regards to the Champions League.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arrow<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg>MORE: Tim Sherwood names player who \u2018kept Arsenal in title race\u2019 in Man City defeat<\/span><\/p>\n

Arrow<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg>MORE: Martin Keown names the 2 players Arsenal missed most in Man City defeat<\/span><\/p>\n

Arrow<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg>MORE: Alan Shearer picks out the result that might cost Arsenal the Premier League title<\/span><\/p>\n

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Diego Simeone could possibly be without two essential players against Arsenal (Picture: Getty) Atletico Madird are facing an anxious wait over the fitness of two key players ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal. Diego Simeone\u2019s side face the Gunners in the primary leg of their last 4 showdown on home soil in only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[1127,2605,15249,5251,1128,1662,5479,2899,3166,5400,18365],"class_list":["post-321897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-ahead","tag-arsenal","tag-atletico","tag-blow","tag-clash","tag-double","tag-football","tag-issue","tag-madrid","tag-statement","tag-suffering"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321900,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321897\/revisions\/321900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}