In the Champions League, la Liga teams are most afraid of bundesliga teams, whether they encounter Bayern or Dortmund, Barca or Real Madrid are difficult to do. When it comes to Serie A teams, it is five or five points, Barca can be overturned by Roma, and Real Madrid can also make Juve and Inter want to cry without tears. The favorite is the Premier League team, Barca Dream II, Dream III final consecutive arsenal, Manchester United, C Ronaldo's Real Madrid let Klopp lose the Champions League final for the second time, even Atletico Madrid can play the Champions League defending champion Liverpool into sixteen langs when he is reduced to second-rate level.
This season's Atletico, La Liga has long been hopeless to defend the title, the Champions League group stage is almost out of the qualified, by Liverpool double kill can also be the second promotion of the group, mainly because of the lack of experience of AC Milan, who has been away from the Champions League for many years, and Atletico's penalty away to Milan is also "unwarranted".
Who would have thought that in the quarter-finals, Atletico madrid could still eliminate Manchester United led by Ronaldo? It was also the second leg of the away win to advance. This time, against another team in Manchester, what kind of results can Simeone's team achieve?
Manchester City vs Atletico
Nature of the competition: First leg of the Champions League quarter-finals
Competition time: April 6, 3:00 a.m. Beijing time
Guardiola coaches the team, every season is the Champions League to win the big favorite, but Manchester City's real closest to the championship trophy is last season, the final against Chelsea, Guardiola tossed himself, let De Bruyne play in the 433 formation as a center, the Belgian midfielder played an hour before injury left, the final stage only sent center Jesus, Aguero, has no help, and finally lost 0:1 to win the championship. It is worth mentioning that Havertz, who scored the winning goal for Chelsea, is also a midfielder that Tuchel often uses as a centre-forward.
Simeone's atletico has a tactical philosophy similar to Tuchel's, only more extreme. The Sheet Legion will never play against the strong team, the defense is often watertight, after the first goal, it is difficult for the opponent to pull back, but if they lose the ball first, it is difficult to reverse.
In 2013-14 and 2015-16, Simeone led Atletico to the Champions League final twice, although both times lost to Real Madrid and did not qualify for the championship, but it also showed his strength. After that, Atletico quickly lost competitiveness in the Champions League.
From the player period to the coaching period, Simeone's football philosophy is to win by any means, the name of "bandit coach" is not worthy of the name, under the account of forward Diego Costa, and Simeone is just on the right road, the cooperation between the two is a match made in heaven, just like Guardiola and Messi, Zidane and C Ronaldo, in the summer window of 2014, Atletico sold Diego Costa to Chelsea, which was the biggest mistake. In the 2015-16 Champions League final, if Atletico have a healthy Costa in their squad, Real Madrid will have no chance of winning.
Atletico's current front, Suarez and Griezmann, two of Barca's veterans, are not in good shape, and Felix, who is regarded by Portugal as Ronaldo's successor, seems to have found a feeling recently.
City have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
Atletico have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 in their last 10 matches in all competitions. Recently, he has been in excellent form, with La Liga and champions league double lines having won six consecutive victories.
Prior to the Champions League quarter-finals, Atletico and Manchester United had not met in the Champions League. This time too, Atletico and Manchester City have not met in the Champions League.
In terms of the overall strength of the squad, Manchester City, which lacks a strong striker, is still above Atletico. As long as Guardiola doesn't toss herself, Atletico has no chance. Simeone's side is known for being defensively tough, but has conceded the most goals in the top eight after 30 laps in La Liga this season, with only two of the Champions League's six games without conceding a goal. Offensively, it is unlikely that Felix will be able to destroy the city, and like Vinicius, the Portuguese rising star is still young and needs to improve.
At the weekend, Manchester City will stage a title battle with Liverpool at home in the Premier League, and the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final must be quickly decided to be at ease with Liverpool.
In this game, the author is optimistic that Guardiola's team will win a "cost-effective" victory and take the lead in promotion.