The Champions League revive an enormous challenge between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, final tournament last season, this time with a semifinal berth at stake, with the start of the tie at the Vicente Calderon and rematches pending in the seventh match of the course between them.
For Atletico, by competition, it lost in the last minute
of the game, the first time, and in overtime, then against that opponent in the
final of the European Cup in Lisbon last May 24; for Real Madrid by collisions
of this campaign, the most recent a crushing 4-0 Atletico field.
He has not beaten the Whites none of the six contested
derbies this season. Neither the Supercopa of Spain, won by Atletico with a 1-1
at the Santiago Bernabéu and 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon, nor in the league,
with Atletico wins, or the Copa del Rey with the pass of Argentina's Diego
Simeone team.
From the technical and the jump that gave Atletico in the
last three years, the derby has been transformed back into a duel of high significance
in every encounter.In the past two years, have played two finals each other and
have disputed the league last year provided between passion, tension and
intensity.
A lack of training on Monday at the Vicente Calderon,
that is the possible eleven Atlético, winning and unbeaten in their four games
at home this season in the Champions League, which has not lost any of their
last eight official meetings and has only one goal at home in the last two and
a half months.
In a key moment of the season and a tie that mark to one
of the clubs, all the staff of Real Madrid is available. Comes with more
minutes in the legs eleven of Real Madrid in the season but with more recent
break.
Real Madrid have won eight of their last ten Champions
League outings. The revalidation of being the first club that wins the title
two consecutive years reaches its peak.
Atletico Madrid
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Real Madrid
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