One perk of Champions League success is undoubtedly the travelling the fans get to do, and for many Leicester fans, this will have been their first experience of Atletico Madrid’s Vicente Calderon.
For those Foxes fans venturing into Atleti’s home for the first time, we hope they appreciated just how beautiful a stadium it is despite their team’s narrow 1-0 defeat.
The BT Sport team took a shine to it, with Rio Ferdinand in particular taking his chance to drink it all in. It’s like a holiday photo album, Rio…
On Facebook live and Twitter from Madrid with @RobbieSavage8 & @rioferdy5 talking @LCFC and @atletienglish via @btsport
They're ready! pic.twitter.com/aYNoiNjEWp— Des Kelly (@DesKellyBTS) April 12, 2017
Unreal scenes here at the Vicente Calderón Stadium…. #AtmLei still 1-0 up…!!! pic.twitter.com/3Oc4TkJhkc
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) April 12, 2017
“And this is me with Gary Lineker, enjoying the view…”
All set & ready to go with @GaryLineker … that #UCL music gives me goosebumps every time! #AtletiLeicester pic.twitter.com/BZ1RJ0Mtnm
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) April 12, 2017
We even got a decent video, complete with Sweet Child O’ Mine in the background.
The @btsportfootball team are here at Vicente Calderón Stadium ready for the game this evening… #AtletiLeicester pic.twitter.com/IFORkD3AHd
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) April 12, 2017
The views are really something, especially for the press who seem to have a particularly high-up vantage point.
Leicester out to warm up @LCFC @atletienglish @ChampionsLeague @btsport pic.twitter.com/Gmr1KVgaUy
— Darren Fletcher (@DFletcherSport) April 12, 2017
The open nature of the arena lends itself to Champions League evenings in the spring, no question.
All set in the Calderon ????
On comms with @RobbieSavage8 @atletienglish @LCFC @ChampionsLeague @btsport pic.twitter.com/bVPkQuKl4c— Darren Fletcher (@DFletcherSport) April 12, 2017
Atléticos, see you at 20:00 at the Calderón! Come early and be a part of the tifo ?????? #AtmLei #UCL #AtletiLeicester pic.twitter.com/3oHhU9SXZG
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) April 12, 2017
We’re not sure which filter Lineker has gone for here, but it’s spot on.
And in case you were wondering, the view from the outside has something to it as well.
So there you go – an ugly 1-0 defeat for Leicester, but in the most picturesque of settings – a win at the King Power stadium next week however, would be a different kind of beautiful altogether.
