At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 24, the quarter-final of the 2021-22 Champions League will usher in a focus battle: Manchester United led by C Ronaldo will face La Liga powerhouse Atletico Madrid.
This season, after C Ronaldo returned to Manchester United, he performed better in the Champions League than in the Premier League. With nine goals in 22 Premier League games and three assists, six goals in five Champions League games, the Champions League goal efficiency is significantly higher. Manchester United's Champions League results are also better than those in the Premier League. Champions League group stage 6 wins, 3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 11 points group first promotion, the Premier League is currently 26 rounds of 13 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses with 46 points in the fourth place, from the beginning of the season to win the big favorite, soon fell into the prospect of fighting for the four is not optimistic.
In the group stage of the Champions League, everyone can compete for the first place in the group, but sometimes it is not a good thing, because there are always some top teams and even the big favorites who win the championship will "inadvertently" advance to the second place in the final group. For example, the big Paris, which has the three fierce men of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar, has advanced to the second place in the group this season, and when the 1/8 final draw is drawn, except for Manchester City and Lille, the first place in the other groups is afraid to avoid it. Manchester United just won the big Paris as soon as it came up, although C Ronaldo and Manchester United had eliminated greater Paris in the Champions League 1/8 finals before, but now it is different from the past, and now the combination of C Ronaldo and Manchester United is against the greater Paris led by the three superstars of MMN, there is no chance of winning.
Fortunately, UEFA said, no, heavy draw, Manchester United's opponents from greater Paris to Atletico, although Simeone's team is not soft persimmons, but naturally much easier to deal with than greater Paris.
Atletico and Liverpool, AC Milan, Porto in the same group, known as the "death group", Atletico home, away by Liverpool double kill, and finally can be the second promotion of the group, it is really a bit of a fluke, because away from the Champions League for many years AC Milan experience, luck is lacking, otherwise Atletico can only play the Europa League at most.
In recent times, Manchester United has become more and more courageous in the Premier League, and this round of the Premier League has won 4:2 away to Leeds United, which has secured the fourth place in the Premier League table. Atletico's recent La Liga record has been unstable, basically winning and losing one game, giving way to Barca in fourth place in the La Liga table.
Atletico Madrid have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
United have won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
The two sides have not yet met in the Champions League, and this season's Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid lost twice against the Premier League team (Liverpool) and Manchester United won two against La Liga side (Villarreal), of course, the opponents lacked comparability. In this game, the "Champions League king" C Ronaldo may become a winner, even if he can't score, he can use his experience to help his teammates. In this game, Manchester United, who are optimistic about playing away from home, are unbeaten.