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High tension in Group A of the UEFA Champions League. On Wednesday evening, the second round of 16 will be determined in a direct duel in the city of Mozart, with a duel between Red Bull Salzburg and Atletico Madrid. As in the previous year, the Austrian record champions have a “final” on the last day of the match for their first winter in the premier class.
Masters is a home win against the Rojiblancos of longtime coach Diego Simeone. With the best bookmakers, Red Bull Salzburg against Atletico Madrid is seen as a slight outsider based on the current odds. The experience on the international stage and the compactness certainly speak for the guests from Madrid.
Salzburg must not only look at itself, but also look to Munich. Should the Bulls suffer a defeat and Lokomotiv Moscow celebrated a surprising victory against the defending champions in Munich, Salzburg would even be eliminated from Europe entirely. The cops may therefore be moving on an extremely narrow line.
Red Bull Salzburg:
As with their debut last season, Red Bull Salzburg was able to do a lot of advertising on their own behalf this autumn. Although top players like Erling Braut Haaland no longer play football in Mozart’s city, the Marsch-Elf presented themselves as an extremely unpleasant opponent who was not in awe of big names either.
Salzburg had to contest a final last week when a defeat in Moscow would have meant an early international end. Even with a draw, the chances of hibernating would only have been theoretical, but the Bulls-Elf left no doubts from the start and acted very dominantly.
In contrast to previous games, however, the defense also exuded a certain stability and thanks to the two goals from Mergim Berisha (four CL goals, best German goalscorer), Salzburg seemed to come to an safe victory. After the goal, a 34 km / h sprint by youngster Adeyemi made the decision when he stayed ice cold in front of the opponent’s case.
With this, Salzburg has collected all four previous points against Lokomotiv Moscow and is ahead in a direct duel. Should Salzburg lose and the Russians win a point in Munich, Salzburg would at least be represented again in the Europa League in the spring thanks to the comparison won directly.
One should think that the bulls are in an extremely good mood. Before the Moscow victory, Salzburg celebrated an 8-2 victory over Sankt Pölten and then took a big step towards wintering with the victory in the metropolis. But the team was brought back to reality on Saturday afternoon.
Away at bottom of the league Flyeralarm Admira it was a 0: 1 defeat. For the first time the Bulls failed to score, mind you against the team that had already conceded 29 goals after nine league games. Jesse Marsch described the performance as his darkest hour as a cop coach. The players’ heads were probably too much at the Atletico game.
After this appearance a reaction is due and the round of 16 would make this defeat quickly forgotten. The youthful recklessness is often a great advantage, as the actors approach the matter carefree. Against an extremely experienced and robust team, however, the belief that they can survive in such a “big game” is lacking. There is no value between Red Bull Salzburg and Atletico Madrid in the forecast for Salzburg.
Atletico Madrid:
It could be the year of the Rojiblancos – while city rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are extremely inconsistent in the national championship, the Rojiblancos from long-term coach Diego Simeone are in impressive form. Although the red-whites have played fewer games than many of their competitors, the lead is extremely comfortable. Real Madrid, for example, have played one more game and are six points behind.
If the Champions League round of 16 should actually be lost on Wednesday evening, Atletico Madrid will have to be particularly annoyed with last week’s draw. Against a B-team from defending champion Bayern Munich, the Spaniards conceded the 1-1 equalizer in the closing stages with a Müller penalty. With a win, Atletico Madrid would have already been in the knockout phase.
Due to the third draw in a row (after the two division of points against Lokomotiv Moscow) the eighth round of 16 is not yet fixed in nine attempts. Only in the 2017/18 season was it missed, but in that year the Rojiblancos won the title in the UEFA Europa League.
With a draw, the favorite would be in the next round. Atletico Madrid have an almost immaculate white vest to show against the Austrian team and have celebrated eight wins in nine games and only had to be satisfied with a draw once.
The hallmark of Simeone football has been the low number of goals scored for many years. Jan Oblak has been able to keep his box clean 27 times since his CL debut in September 2014 – often no other goalkeeper in the premier class has played to zero since then.
In the domestic championship he had to go behind him twice in ten games. The times when Atletico only played 1-0 wins are over. The offensive is much more dangerous, this is mainly due to the breakthrough of Joao Felix. In his second year he finally shines and with Luis Suarez Atletico Madrid made a stroke of luck. In the current constitution, the Rojiblancos are certainly among the strongest teams in Europe, a failure in Austria would be a big sensation.
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