Atlético de Madrid was left with a valuable difference against Borussia Dortmundlast week at home, in the first leg challenge of the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The colchonero team, with Rodrigo De Paul as a figure and scorer, suffered, but defeated the Germans by 2 to 1. This Tuesday, from 4 p.m. in Argentina (Fox Sports), in the German Signal Iduna Park stadium, the revenge and the expectation of the Spanish public is fabulous. So great is the enthusiasm that Diego’s team awakens Cholo Simeone that “the largest European displacement of the red-and-white fans without a final involved” is expected, according to the newspaper. Brand.
“Faced with an event as important as this Tuesday in German lands, the Colchoneros fans are very clear that they cannot leave their players alone and that is why the largest mobilization of the fans has been organized in a European trip without a final of course.” half. Up to 4,000 athletes will travel to Dortmund in the next few hours in different means of transportation,” the newspaper published Brand. In addition, it is reported that five charter flights were chartered and, in addition, 1,200 members have benefited from the subsidy provided by the red and white club of 200 euros on the plane.
Not only are those led by Simeone expected to have the support of the fans who will travel from Madrid, but they will also have to add the European clubs that will meet in Dortmund. The mattress team has clubs in Brussels, Poland, Luxembourg and even in Germany. Furthermore, from the offices of the Spanish club they informed their fans that will enjoy free public transport in Dortmund throughout Tuesday (April 16) presenting their ticket for the game.
“We will have to suffer there, take the game and win it. We have the level to advance to the semi-finals,” said Atlético de Madrid’s French forward, Antoine Griezmann, with a view to the rematch for the quarterfinals of the top continental tournament.
Atlético travels to Germany with the Brazilian missing due to suspension Samuel Linus, a key piece on the left wing, which will force coach Simeone to find a replacement for him who could be the Spanish Rodrigo Riquelme. The 3-1 victory over Girona, last Saturday in the Spanish league, was an injection of morale, consolidating the red and whites in fourth place in the standings, in the Champions League positions.
This Tuesday, Atlético de Madrid will seek to reach the semifinals of the Champions League, a stage it has not set foot in since 2017, when it was fired from the tournament by Real Madrid. “We are going to suffer,” Simeone anticipated after the match at the Metropolitano, from which Dortmund managed to emerge with a defeat by the smallest difference. “We have a result that leaves the door open,” the Dortmund coach consoled himself, aware that a red and white tide will also be making force from the stands.
This Monday he gave more details of the revenge. According to Cholo’s vision, it will be “a good Champions League night.” “The club is working very well. We have all grown from the important results we have had in LaLiga. That allowed us to grow enormously within the football world. Let’s play tomorrow, not think so much. I feel good about the footballers, they are going to play a good game. Tomorrow is going to be a good Champions League night,” the coach said at a press conference.
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The Argentine coach explained how he experiences the run-up to this decisive duel. “With hope, with enthusiasm, with adrenaline, with anxiety, with nerves, with fear, with responsibilities… I want to convey to the team what I feel, that the team is fine,” he said. “Tomorrow the important thing is everything; “Whoever interprets the whole better will be in the next phase,” he stated before journalists, in statements reproduced by the DPA agency. And he added: “Any footballer who is on the verge of being among the four best in Europe… there is nothing to say. You have to strengthen the mental part and play as we have been doing,” he indicated.
“We have to maintain the rhythm of the last games; The team is responding well, with confidence and is doing well. “We are going to play a good game tomorrow.” he stated. “We are going to find a team that is going to come out strong. They have a lot of skilled people on the wings, with people in the middle who come in very well from the second line; “They work the dead ball very well,” added the Argentine coach.
Simeone hopes they can correct lack of defensive intensity, which has led them to concede in the last ten games. “It is a plot that we try to improve day by day. I hope that at the end of the season we can grow in this aspect,” he said.