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<\/p>\nAthletic Club and Atletico de Madrid meet at Estadio Metropolitano tonight\u00a0in an encounter which brings together two clubs whose stories have been intertwined right from the very start.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Atletico de Madrid was established back in April 1903 as \u201cAthletic Club de Madrid,\u201d with the founders being Basque fans of Athletic Club de Bilbao who were studying in the Spanish capital and who wanted to maintain the connection with their team.<\/p>\n
Athletic Club de Madrid naturally took their colours from their \u2018parent\u2019 club, which had been established five years previously.<\/p>\n
Both initially wore blue and white chequered shirts, before switching to their current red and white stripes in 1911 after famously receiving a set of jerseys originally made for English club Southampton.<\/p>\n
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The two Athletics were so close during their early years that they were not allowed meet in official competition. They even shared players at times; the Madrid side\u2019s star forward Manuel Garnica Serrano was \u2018loaned\u2019 to the Basques for the 1911 Copa del Rey final and he clinched the goal against CD Espanyol of Barcelona.<\/p>\n
As Spanish football gradually became more formalised and professional, the two Athletics drifted apart. In 1921 the Bilbao side were crowned national champions after a 4-1 win over their Madrid \u2018brothers\u2019 at San Mames.<\/p>\n
Full autonomy was well established by the time they were both became founder members of LaLiga in 1928\/29. A first top-flight meeting came on April 7th<\/sup> 1929 at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid, with the visitors winning 3-2.<\/p>\n Games between the two have often been fiercely contested through the decades, as most sibling rivalries can turn heated at times.<\/p>\n A famous 6-6 LaLiga draw in January 1950 saw Moroccan-born Larbi Benbarek among the scorers in a last gasp Atletico comeback.<\/p>\n Athletic\u2019s 4-1 victory at San Mames with 10 men in October 1982 was a key victory on the way to winning that season\u2019s LaLiga title.<\/p>\n A 2-1 victory at San Mames in April 2014 has been acknowledged by current Atletico coach Diego Simeone as the moment he knew his team really had what it took to take home that season\u2019s LaLiga crown.<\/p>\n There have also been famous meetings in other competitions. The 1956 Copa del Rey final saw Athletic win 2-1 in Madrid.<\/p>\n
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