Intro:

Diego Simeone and Gabi held a news conference as Atletico Madrid trained on Monday (18th August), ahead of their season-opener against city-rivals Real Madrid.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid coach (on transfer policies of the two clubs):

"We get seven or eight players with 95 million (euros), and they (Real Madrid) get two. So there is a little difference. But we have always had creativity to make up for the expectations that the people, the team and the club are asking for."

SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Gabi, Atletico Madrid captain (on opponents Real Madrid):

"The championship has gone, the Champions League is in the Real Madrid glass cabinet. It's more than a rematch for us - it's an opportunity to grow as a team (and) to try to win titles. After all, this is the most important thing for the team and to the players. For us it is another opportunity to get a title."

SOUNDBITE.: (Spanish) Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid coach (on previous encounters with Real Madrid):

"Last year we were near, we had two great matches, and now we have to do a very important effort to balance tomorrow's match and to have more chances in the next match in the (at home in the Vicente) Calderon (stadium).