Atletico Madrid have started the 2025-26 season in disappointing fashion, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium. Despite a number of new signings made over the summer, Los

Diego Simeone blamed a lack of efficiency for Atletico Madrid's opening-day 2-1 defeat to Espanyol in LaLiga, though he remained optimistic.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone remained optimistic despite his team starting their La Liga campaign with a 2–1 defeat to Espanyol. This marks Atletico’s first opening-day loss under Simeone.