Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League – Preview

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Sreya

Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid – Real Madrid travel to Vicente Calderon on 10th May, Wednesday for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid.

A Cristiano Ronaldo-hattrick helped Zinedine Zidane’s side take a 3-0 lead in the first leg, which looks unassailable at best. Diego Simeone’s side must produce a miracle to contest Real Madrid for the berth in the finale.

Juventus won 2-1 against AS Monaco last night to progress to the finals after their 2-0 win over the Ligue 1 club in the first leg.

Team News

Augusto Fernandez, Juanfran, Jose Gimenez and Sime Vrsjalko are sidelined through injuries for the hosts while the visitors will be without the injured Pepe, Gareth Bale and Daniel Carvajal.

Atletico Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Jan Oblak, Lucas Hernandez, Stefan Savic, Diego Godin, Felipe Luis, Yannick Carrasco, Saul Niguez, Gabi, Koke, Antoine Griezmann, Kevin Gameiro.

Real Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Keylor Navas, Nacho, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modric, Isco, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“People are always with us. People support us and we’re going to give our all on the field, go for the win and try to come back. We’re going to give our all, so we do the fans proud.”

– Saul Niguez, Atletico Madrid.

“Every match against Atlético is difficult because they’re a great team, with great players. We know how to beat them and we’ll try to do everything possible to do so. Real Madrid have that special connection with Europe and Champions League matches.”

– Lucas Vasquez, Real Madrid.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid H2H Stats, Atletico Madrid have won one, lost two and drawn two of their previous five meetings with Real Madrid.

Real Madrid have scored at least two goals in ten of their last eleven matches in the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid are undefeated in fourteen of their previous fifteen matches in this competition.

A 1-1 draw is the most likely outcome with Real Madrid the favorites to progress to the finals of the UEFA Champions League.