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2009: Atletico Madrid 4 - 3 Barcelona
Just like the clash in the previous year, this was another treat served up by Atletico Madrid and Barcelona for the whole country - especially the neutrals. Goals, goals, goals…and not much defending. Atleti didn’t care mind you, as that’s how they regularly operated in these days. It was very much the case in this slugfest with Barcelona back in 2009.
Atleti’s South American attack was at it yet again that night, and after Barcelona went two goals up early on through Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi there was a shift in momentum. Sergio Aguero with a well-taken strike and Diego Forlan with a stunner made the scores level, before Henry seemed to kill the bouncing mood inside the Calderon and restore a 2-3 lead for the visitors.
Never the type to give up the chase Atleti came back into the game as they only knew how; on the attack. Forlan scored from the penalty spot before Aguero smashed home to record a famous victory.
"That's our Atléti!" said the cover of AS the next day. Little did they know Simeone would change what it meant several years later.
