Roma vs. Atletico
Madrid opening match
of Group C of the Champions League
scheduled for Tuesday 12 September at the Olympic Stadium. Roma and Atletico
Madrid met only once before in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup 1998-99. Atletico
Madrid is unbeaten against Italian teams in the Champions League.
Match Details:
Roma vs. Atletico
Madrid
Champions League 2017
Date: 12 September 2017;
Time: 20:45
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Roma is the tenth participation: only
Juventus (18), Milan (17) and Inter (11) boast more of the Italian teams. Roma won only one of the last 13
matches in the Champions League against
Bayer Leverkusen in November 2015. The Giallorossi held the door unbeaten only
once in the last 22 games of the competition, a 0-0 against Bate Borisov in
December 2015.
Atletico Madrid lost the three Champions League finals
to which he took part (1974, 2014, 2016). No other team has played so many
finals without ever winning one. This will be the fifth consecutive Champions
League for the Colchoneros, the longest streak in their history. Only Real
Madrid has played more games in the competition during the last four seasons.
Edin Dzeko scored only two goals in the last 16 Champions League games. Eusebio Di
Francesco is at the debut of the competition. Antoine Griezmann scored or
produced 50% of the goals at Atletico
Madrid in Champions during the last two seasons.