Sunday 7th August 2005, Pre Season Friendly, The Hawthorns, Kick-Off 3:00pm Albion 2 - 0 Atletico Madrid Campbell 48   Kamara 89 (Pen)   Albion: Kirkland, Albrechtsen, Gaardsoe, Clement (Moore 63), Robinson (Greening HT), Gera (Watson 76), Wallwork (Chaplow HT), Johnson (Scimeca 69), Carter, Campbell (Kanu 63), Horsfield (Kamara 63). Subs not used: Kuszczak (gk), Dyer, Earnshaw, Inamoto Atletico Madrid: Franco, Velasco (Contra HT), Ibanez, Parea, Lopez, Rodriguez, Luccin, Gabi, Petrov, Kezman (Arizmendi 56), Torres. Subs not used: Cueller (gk), Zahinos, Domingo, Colsa, Sicilia Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire) Assistant Referees: Roy Burton (Staffordshire), Andy Garratt (West Midlands) Fourth Official: Andy Penn (West Midlands) Half-Time: Albion 0-0 Atletico Madrid Attendance: 6,922 Conditions: Sunny spells, cool MAN OF THE MATCH: Zoltan Gera PLAYER RATINGS OUT OF TEN Kirkland 6 - Not much to do, kicking ok. Albrechtsen 7 - Got forward and defended well. Gaardsoe 7 - Another good performance from the Dane. Clement 6 - Did ok, still prone to mistakes. Robinson 6 - Solid. Gera 7 - Worked hard, always looking for openings. Wallwork 7 - His best pre-season game, worked hard. Johnson 6 - Worked hard but as usual contributed little. Carter  5 - Still unconvincing. Campbell 7 - Worked hard, took goal well. Horsfield 4 - Never in game, looked out of his depth. Subs: Greening 6 - A couple of nice touches but otherwise quiet. Chaplow 6 - Worked hard. Moore 6 - Usual imposing self. Kanu 6 - As usual good control and passing, won penalty. Kamara 6 - Looked dangerous running at defenders, perhaps needed to release ball earlier. Scimeca 5 - Didn't get into game. Watson 6 - Passed ball well and got stuck in. Birmingham Post: West Bromwich Albion rounded off their nine-match programme of pre-season friendlies with a 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid at The Hawthorns yesterday. The Baggies had struggled against Iberian opposition on their tour of Portugal last month when they lost against Benfica, Sevilla and Sporting Lisbon. But they made no mistake this time, to give themselves a big confidence boost for next Saturday's Premiership opener at Manchester City. After surviving early pressure from an Atletico side containing former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman and Albion old boy Cosmin Contra, Baggies captain Kevin Campbell paved the way to victory. A piece of six-yard box poaching from Campbell three minutes into the second half earned Albion the lead. A late penalty from new boy Diomansy Kamara, after Kanu was fouled, sealed the victory. Midfielder Andy Johnson, out since January with knee trouble, confirmed his full recovery from an operation. Albion manager Bryan Robson said: "The way Andy has come back from a bad injury is excellent. Apart from working really hard box to box and closing people down, his passing was good and I thought he was probably our best player." wba.co.uk baggies.com Bryan Robson: "We were a bit slack on certain things in the first 15 minutes but once we got past that period I thought we did quite well and there were really good things to see. Madrid have been doing well in pre-season games and are no mugs. They are a good team and I thought we matched them. Our passing and the shape of the team was very good in the latter part of the game.” "I thought Campbell and Geoff Horsfield held the ball up well in the first half and Kamara's pace and Kanu's ability on the ball gave us a different dimension when they came on in the second half. In the end, we were a little bit fortunate to get away with a clean sheet because Atletico had two really good chances they should have scored from. That's what happens sometimes but we've kept clean sheets in our last two games and that will give the goalkeepers and defenders good confidence going into the season." Source: wba.co.uk
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