Guide to Madrid

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Yes, I know most of you will have been out to Madrid before, but that might’ve been for the Real game and not the Atletico one the other year, so there may be a few questions you still have. Or it might’ve passed by in an alcoholic haze and you need to refresh your memory.

 

Of course, it could all be academic what with volcanoes and everything, but either way, here’s the FSF guide to Atletico Madrid with some handy hints on eating, drinking, getting around and all that sort of thing.

 

http://www.fsf.org.uk/ground-guide/international-clubs/atletico-madrid/

 

If you’ve got any questions about anything Madrid, or if you notice any mistakes/errors, drop us an email to the usual address and we’ll sort it.

[Montse]

If UEFA had any sense, which of course they dont, they would call this game off - the fans and team would have a nightmare trying to get to Madrid even if they do lift the restrictions

[Frosty Jack]

if anyone does make it, Malasana is the area to hang out at night. just leave it tidy for next time.

[psl]

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_6103184,00.html

 

LIVERPOOL PLAN MADRID ROAD TRIP

 

Liverpool are looking at a contingency plan for alternative travel options to Madrid should UEFA decide to press ahead with their Europa League semi-final against Atletico on Thursday.

 

European football's governing body are yet to rule on whether the last-four first-leg clashes - Fulham also have to go to Hamburg - will go ahead because of the chaos caused by a cloud of volcanic ash which has grounded thousands of flights across the continent.

 

However, having already insisted the Champions League semi-finals between Inter Milan and Barcelona and Bayern Munich and Lyon will go ahead, forcing the Spanish and French sides to make long journeys by coach, there is a real possibility UEFA will follow suit with the Europa League.

 

But with the flying ban extended until Tuesday morning at the earliest Liverpool are having to plan for a worst-case scenario by tackling the 2,600-mile round trip overland.

 

It is not an option the club are happy with but are wary of the precedent which appears to have been set by the decision to play the Champions League semis.

 

Sources at the club have pointed out that, although arduous, it is easier for Barcelona and Lyon to get to their destinations in continental Europe than it is for the Merseysiders to make the trek from north-west England to central Spain.

 

The journey by road would take an estimated 21 hours non-stop but that would be impractical, although the alternative of a two-day trip would mean the squad would have to leave just a few hours after Monday night's Barclays Premier League match at home to West Ham and get back shortly before an away game at Burnley on Sunday.

 

A combination of road and rail travel is another potential option but any plans cannot be finalised until UEFA have made their decision.

[Raj]

If anyone is going, advance warning. it was a nightmare trying to get into the ground last time and we arrived 45 mins before kick off. loads of us, including me, got stuck in a crush outside the ground and managed to miss 30 mins of the first half due to the ineptitude of the police. arrive early

[johngibo YPC]

If anyone is going, advance warning. it was a nightmare trying to get into the ground last time and we arrived 45 mins before kick off. loads of us, including me, got stuck in a crush outside the ground and managed to miss 30 mins of the first half due to the ineptitude of the police. arrive early

 

This

[matty]

What they are missing is that Lyon to Munich isn't that far, and Barcelona to Milan is a lovely jaunt along the south of France.

 

Not quite from the north of England, across the channel, through all of France, and half of Spain.

[honourablegeorge]

I can't believe we're selling Guide. Sack Parry.

[BG]

Last time I took in a game at the Vicente Calderon Torres was playing for them and missed a penalty.

 

There were also four (IIRC) men sent off in the last 10 minutes of the game and enormous fight at one end involving Athletico fans only. Police and stewards just watched the whole thing.