De Gea not thinking of derby day

Atletico make the trip to the Bernabeu in La Liga this weekend seeking to end a miserable run that has seen them fail to beat their arch-rivals either home or away since 1999, losing 11 of 17 meetings in that time. However, before the Rojiblancos get a crack at Jose Mourinho's men, they face a potentially key Europa League fixture against newly-crowed Norwegian champions Rosenborg at the Lerkendal Stadium on Thursday night (kick-off 6pm GMT). Holders Atletico suffered a poor start to the defence of their title as they picked up only one point from their opening two Group B games against Aris Thessaloniki and Bayer Leverkusen, but they got themselves back up and running with a 3-0 drubbing of Rosenborg at the Vicente Calderon in round three. That result means Atletico are now one point behind group leaders Leverkusen, level on four points with second-placed Aris, and one point above Rosenborg ahead of Thursday's clash. With things so tight in the group, Atletico know they can take a big step forward if they can complete the double over the Norwegians on Thursday. De Gea said: "We have a difficult week ahead of us. On Thursday we have a very important game against Rosenborg. A victory would give confidence to the team, we we didn't start the Europa League well. "After this match then we will have time to think about Real Madrid. The derby is also important, but before that there is another game." Atletico will be without Diego Godin and Jose Antonio Reyes through injury, while out-of-form striker Diego Forlan suffered a blow in training on Wednesday, although the Uruguay international was still included in a 20-man travelling squad to Trondheim. Rosenborg will head into the match with confidence high after recently clinching their 22nd Norweigian title after beating Tromso 1-0 late last month. That was the 14th league title won by legendary coach Nils Arne Eggen, who took temporary charge of Rosenborg after Erik Hamren became coach of Sweden. The 69-year-old Eggen is set to be replaced by Stabaek's Jan Jonsson this winter. Rosenborg followed up their championship-winning success over Tromso with a goalless draw away to Kongsvinger on Sunday, and they complete their league season at home to Aalesunds this weekend.