Atlético Madrid faces RB Leipzig in the Champions League quarter-finals, seeking to take another step towards the final of the continental tournament and a title that will shine their season. The commitment will be played this Thursday, from 2:00 in the afternoon (Peruvian time), José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon.
Match Schedule:
Atlético Madrid vs.
Leipzig
Champions League Quarter-Finals
Date: 13 August 2020;
Time: 2:00 PM
Stadium: José Alvalade
Stadium in Lisbon
With the painful memory of late 2014 and 2016, the two losses
against Real Madrid, the Atlético go
to Lisbon for an atypical 'final 8' to take you to erase those bad memories.
But, the dream of the 'Orejona' was about to be truncated again this year even
before traveling to Lisbon.
On Sunday the Argentine attacker Ángel Correa and the
Croatian side Sime Vrsaljko tested positive for coronavirus, making people fear
more infected, although finally there were no more infected and Atlético was
able to travel.
The rojiblanco team, which eliminated Liverpool, the current
European champions, in the round of 16 before the football break due to the
pandemic, has returned from confinement in good shape with seven wins and four
draws in the last eleven league dates.
Atlético went back in those last eleven days
from sixth to third in the league, to fulfill their goal of being in the
Champions League next year, and now they are looking for an 'Orejona' that will
brighten their season.
No one hid the relief that the draw paired Atlético with one
of the theoretical weaker teams in the quarterfinals, which is looking to
surprise in its third year in the top club competition.
Despite this, the rojiblancos do not trust a team that
finished first in their group ahead of Olympique Lyon and eliminated Tottenham,
a finalist last year, in the round of 16. Especially against Leipzig that
finished third in the Bundesliga after scoring 81 goals, thirty more than
Atlético de Madrid in their championship, the result of their offensive game.
The German coach, however, will have to think about how to
cover the sensitive absence of his striker Timo Werner, author of 34 goals,
four of them in the Champions League, who left Leipzig for Chelsea in June
without waiting to conclude his European journey.
Leipzig wants to continue making history by
entering their first Champions semi-final, while Atlético wants to take another
step towards the 'Orejona' that resists so much.