Atletico Madrid's North American tour went perfectly Atletico Madrid They've shown strength in abundance

Atletico Madrid's match against Mexican side Atletico San Luis was perhaps their least convincing of pre-season, yet Diego Simeone's team still achieved a 2-1 victory to round off an excellent North American tour.

Los Rojiblancos endured a tough encounter, but showed a fighting desire to win against stiff opposition.

Whether this Atletico team play well or poorly, at home or far away, they always compete under the command of Simeone as this is in Atletico's DNA.

As well as smashing seven goals past rivals Real Madrid in New Jersey, the team have found a way to win when faced with other challenges this pre-season, such as against Chivas when they won a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw when midfielder Marcos Llorente was red-carded.

By winning five matches, including that Chivas shootout win, Atletico have made a particularly strong statement this pre-season.

They have now arrived back in Spain, as they look to add the finishing touches to a perfect pre-season before their LaLiga Santander campaign begins on August 18 against Getafe.