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Atl. Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow Prediction & Betting tips
Atletico Madrid is already aiming for the Europa League this season, but will have to deal with Lokomotiv Moscow in the eighth finals. The Spaniards want to take an advance in the first game in their own Wanda Metropolitano in a spot in the last eight, but the Russians are planning to sell their skin expensive.
Atl. Madrid :
After the 1-0 defeat of last weekend’s visit to league-leader FC Barcelona, the brave Atletico Madrid has finally dropped out in the Spanish championship. The Madrilenians were able to keep their head in the Camp Nou, but after a very nice free kick by Lionel Messi they narrowly took the lead. ‘If Messi had an Atletico Madrid shirt, we would have won 0-1,’ coach Diego Simeone said afterwards.
However, Atletico Madrid wants to end the season with silverware and will therefore do everything it can to write this edition of the Europa League. In the previous round, the Spaniards with a 0-5 score in the first leg and a 1-0 home win in the return in any case no child to the Danish FC Copenhagen. The Russian reigning champion Lokomotiv Moscow will undoubtedly offer more resistance. Simeone therefore takes no risks and relies on the usual names on Thursday evening. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak knew in his own Wanda Metropolitano five games in a row to keep his goal clean and hopes to make it six-in-a-row Thursday night. In the front is the dreaded attack duo Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann, which in the last seven matches together was good for ten goals.
Lokomotiv Moscow:
Lokomotiv Moscow is not the most appealing name in European top football, but is certainly a team to take into account. The Muscovites are in the Russian Premier League in the lead and give local superpowers such as Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg the check. Also in the Europa League, the team of coach Yuri Semin is doing fine, because in the previous round, it beat the Nice of Mario Balotelli twice (2-3 out and 1-0 at home). The red-greens, which already crowned national champions last season, can therefore certainly kick a nice ball.
With players like the Miranchuk twins and the ruthless defender Solomon Kverkvelia, Lokomotiv Moscow has several great footballers. However, the biggest taste maker is former PSV striker Jefferson Farfan, who started his second youth in Russia. However, the Peruvian is a big question mark for Atletico Madrid-out. Without him, the already small chances of a stunt would shrink even further, although the Muscovites still have a secret weapon with Manuel Fernandes. The seasoned Portuguese was this season already six times accurate in the Europa League, including a hat-trick in and against Nice, with which he managed to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 2-3 victory.
Atl. Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow head to head matches
25.10.07 EL Lokomotiv Moscow Atl. Madrid 3 : 3