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Europa League third qualifying round, first leg

Atlético Madrid 2 - Strømsgodset 1

Atlético Madrid are the first Spanish side to start their official programme, and they still have some work to do after a 2-1 victory over Strømsgodset in the first leg of their Europa League qualifier. With Agüero signing for Manchester City and Diego Costa out for several months, Diego Forlán delayed his vacations to give the team a hand. And together with Reyes and new signing Adrián, Uruguay's America Cup winner caused some problems for the visiting defence in the first half. Keita went close a couple of times for the Norwegians after the restart, but two assists from Adrián allowed Reyes to score twice after that. Atleti seemed to be on the way to a comfortable victory until debutant Miranda got himself sent off for a hard tackle, and with ten minutes to go Storflor beat Joel to set up an interesting second leg. (28.07.11)