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Atleti have been drawn into Group E with some unfamiliar foes. Rubiales, resign!

Atlético Madrid?s Champions League group stage opponents this year will be Feyenoord, SS Lazio, and Celtic FC, it was announced Thursday.
Atlético, with one of the highest coefficients in the competition, were placed in Pot 2 and drawn into Group E, which is headed by the Dutch champions. Last year?s Italian runners-up Lazio were assigned to the group from Pot 3, and Scottish champions Celtic were the penultimate side drawn during the ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland.
This will be regarded as a kind group stage draw for Atlético, which avoided a ?group of death? à la 2021/22 and evaded the draw?s heavy hitters such as FC Bayern or Manchester City. However, it was only last year that Atleti were handed a ?favorable? draw against FC Porto, Club Brugge, and Bayer Leverkusen only to finish dead last for the first time in the Diego Simeone era. Atlético have never faced Feyenoord in an official competition and last met a Dutch side in the Champions League during the 2016/17 group stage. The two teams did meet in an ill-tempered friendly in Rotterdam two years ago, which saw Yannick Carrasco sent off in a 2-1 defeat at De Kuip.
Atlético?s last meeting with Lazio took place during the 2011/12 Europa League, when Los Colchoneros defeated the Roman side 4-1 on aggregate in the round of 32. The two sides have never played one anothe...