Atletico Madrid wins 14th consecutive game in Europe

The European champion opened with a modest win against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Foto: EFE — The European champion opened with a modest win against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Atletico Madrid extended its winning streak in the Europa League with its 3-0 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv, reaching fourteen straight wins in continental competition. Their last loss came on October 2011 against Udinese (2-0).

Since then they have won all their encounters, including the final against Athletic Bilbao in Bucarest (3-0) and the win against Chelsea in the Super Cup (4-1).

Today's win came without some of team's top stars, including Falcao, who did not make the trip to Israel for the debut due to technical reasons.

Atletico madrid opened up the score with a goal by Cristian Rodriguez in the 37th minute with Diego Costa adding one in the 40th minute to make the score 2-0 at halftime.

In the second half, Raul Garcia certified Atletico's dominance on the scoreboard with a goal in the 63rd minute.

- ATLETICO'S 14 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES

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03.11.2011 At.Madrid 4 - Udinese 0 Adrián (2), Diego and Falcao

30.11.2011 Celtic 0 - At.Madrid 1 Arda Turan

15.12.2011 At.Madrid 3 - Rennes 1 Falcao, Domínguez y Arda

16.02.2012 Lazio 1 - At.Madrid 3 Falcao (2) nd aAdrián

23.02.2012 At.Madrid 1 - Lazio 0 Godín

08.03.2012 At.Madrid 3 - Besiktas 1 Salvio (2) and Adrián

15.03.2012 Besiktas 0 - At.Madrid 3 Adrián, Falcao and Salvio

29.03.2012 At.Madrid 2 - Hannover 1 Falcao and Salvio

05.04.2012 Hannover 1 - At.Madrid 2 Adrián and Falcao