This weekend, Real Zaragoza also begin a run of matches against reserve sides. Atlético Madrid's second team is the first of them in this sequence that involves facing the reserve side of a currently powerful club. Atlético, among the elite of Spanish football, are trying to get their second team into the professional game. Now they face the blue-and-white side.
Another new development is that the investment group committed to buying Real Zaragoza, A.Gain, holds more shares in Atlético Madrid than in the Aragonese club on the day of this match. This is because the deal has not yet been completed, meaning there has still been no official change of ownership, even though the group is already in charge of decision-making at the SAD.
THE MATCH
Real Zaragoza are entering a stretch of the season with three consecutive away matches. This is the first of them, before trips to Murcia and Europa. That would practically cover the entire month of October. This trio of matches could have a major impact on the course of the season.
