– 02:00 April 17: Dortmund vs Atletico Madrid (Live FPT Play)
Atletico Madrid temporarily prevailed when taking home a 2-1 victory at Metropolitano. Even though he only held the ball 34%, thanks to extremely sharp counter-attacks, he was still able to win the match under great pressure from the German representative.
In a match that Dortmund ‘lost’ themselves, Atletico also excelled in taking advantage of the opportunities they had
Actually, Dortmund ‘lost themselves’ more accurately because both goals were terrible mistakes by the defense for the opponent to take advantage of. So the loss in the first leg was not necessarily a disaster.
Coach Terzic’s team still showed confidence in controlling the ball and launched up to 14 shots on Atletico’s field, but the problem was that the goal was turned against them due to the ungainliness of their strikers. However, last weekend, within the framework of round 28 of Bundeslia, Dortmund somewhat regained inspiration thanks to a 2-1 victory at Moenchengladbach, thereby gradually approaching the position of winning tickets to the Champions League next season.
Dortmund’s poor defense will face a challenge against Atletico Madrid’s effective attack
Surely the Rurh team will need to improve their attack performance when they return to their home field, but facing Atletico with Coach Simeone’s defensive and counter-attacking style of play will not be simple.
In terms of strength, Dortmund does not have the return of striker Hallers and his replacement will be Fullkrug. Sancho has health problems so he is not sure he will play. Atletico will be without Lina due to a yellow card penalty, striker Depay also recently suffered an injury.
In the previous 5 meetings, Atletico won 3 times against Dortmund
The Spanish team is temporarily dominant in head-to-head statistics with 3 wins after 5 meetings with Dortmund.
Even though they are playing at home, experts do not rate Dortmund’s ability to win too highly with a fairly low handicap of only 1/4. Obviously, with what was shown in the first leg, it is difficult to choose Dortmund.
Probable teams:
Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Sabitzer, Can, Brandt; Sancho, Fullkrug, Malen
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Witsel, Gimenez, Azpilicueta; Molina, Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Lino; Griezmann, Morata