Sports Thread #1 For 5/12/10: Go AtletiDIEGO GO! Atletico Madrid Behind Forlan Win The Europa League Over Fulham

The full review on how Diego Forlan has etched himself as clearly the most underrated player in world football, with his clutch brace performance to lead Atletico Madrid to European second tier glory.

And deservedly so.

So, that ends a truly wonderful year in the new revamped version of what used to be called the "UEFA Cup." It has been an enthralling 9 month journey of the longest and arguably the most arduous club competition in all of world football. A team from the competition's very beginning stages seem like they could do the amazing feat of winning the competiton straight from the get go. Instead, it was a Champions League castoff clamining the prize of still a pretty prestigious trophy.

Congratulations Club de Atletico Madrid, despite an up and down year, you are no question worthy champions of the first installment of the UEFA Europa League.

And now, for the season in the UEFA Europa League, one final listen towards the terrific anthem that it has. Until August, so long Europe's second club competition.