{"id":444229,"date":"2017-12-06T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/thomas-partey-shines-as-atletico-madrid-exit-ucl\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T09:30:26","slug":"thomas-partey-shines-as-atletico-madrid-exit-ucl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/thomas-partey-shines-as-atletico-madrid-exit-ucl\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey shines as Atletico Madrid exit UCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/55424011.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Partey222\" title=\"Thomas Partey222\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Thomas Partey impressed in Atletico&#8217;s game against Chelsea<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512552626_350_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana&#8217;s Thomas Partey once again confirmed his ratings as one of the best midfielders in the world following a strong performance for Atletico Madrid in their 1-1 stalemate against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Partey returned to his favourite midfield role against the English champions after playing as a makeshift right back over the weekend in their 2-1 win against Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian international did not disappoint as he put in a superb display in the Rojiblancos ending a point in the game, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to send them through to the knockout round of the competition as they finished 3rd on the standings.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish midfielder Saul Niguez handed Diego Simeone&#8217;s men a 56th-minute lead before Stefan Savic scored an own goal on the 75th-minute mark as the match ended in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid exited the competition with seven points after six games and will now compete in the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Partey impressed in Atletico&#8217;s game against Chelsea Ghana&#8217;s Thomas Partey once again confirmed his ratings as one of the best midfielders in the world following a strong performance for Atletico Madrid in their 1-1 stalemate against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night. 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