After successfully solving their last visit to England, Atlético de Madrid returns to British territory this Tuesday, April 5 to play the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Colchoneros and cityzens star in the most attractive tie of this round.
Schedule and where to watch City – Atlético de la Champions
The match between Spaniards and English will begin at 9 pm and will be seen on the Movistar Champions League channel, in addition to being able to follow the minute by minute through the website of La Vanguardia.
The team of Cholo Simeone is going through the best moment of the season after chaining six victories in the League, the last one last weekend against the colista Alavés (4-1) thanks to the doubles of João Félix and Luis Suárez. However, he does not start as a favorite in the duel against Pep Guardiola's team, leader of the Premier League.
Atletico qualified for the quarters by beating the neighbor of the skyblue, a Manchester United in low hours that without deserving it rescued a draw at the Wanda Metropolitano (1-1) and succumbed in the return at Old Trafford because of a goal by Renan Lodi (0-1). Unlike the Red Devils, City have shown that they are a more dangerous opponent.
Pep Guardiola, City manager, in the match against Burnley.
The Cityzen side come into the match after maintaining the point of distance in the Premier League lead over Liverpool thanks to the away victory over Burnley (0-2). Against the rojiblancos, the English will not be able to count on Rúben Dias due to injury or Kyle Walker due to a penalty, while in the ranks of Atletico they will have the loss of José María Giménez.
There are no previous clashes between Atletico and Manchester City, although previously the Madrid team has been measured with teams coached by Pep Guardiola. The Mattresses eliminated Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the 2016 Champions League when the Bavarian team was coached by the Catalan coach.
Possible City – Atletico line-ups
City: Ederson; Kyle Walker, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake, Joao Cancelo; Rodrigo, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gundogan; Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish.
Athletic: Jan Oblak; Sime Vrsaljko, Stefan Savic, José María Giménez, Reinildo, Renan Lodi; Marcos Llorente, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Rodrigo De Paul; Antoine Griezmann and Joao Félix.
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