Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan - Football: UEFA Champions League, 2nd leg
Atletico Madrid team won
the first match at San Siro thanks to a late goal given by Diego Costa
in the 83rd minute of the game. During the weekend Diego Simeone’s side
played against Celta de Vigo away from home. The match ended in
Atletico’s 0:2 victory. The scorer of both goals was ex-Barcelona
forward, David Villa (scored in the 62nd and 64th minute of the match).
Atletico took advantage of Barcelona’s defeat during the weekend and
jumped over them in the table being now point clear of the Catalonians.
The leaders, Real Madrid have the same amounts of points as Atletico but
have one game in hand (against UD Levante Valencia on Sunday evening).
Probable lineups Atletico Madrid: Courtois – Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Filipe – Gabi, Suarez – Koke, Garcia, Turan – Diego Costa.
AC Milan form is now
very patchy. The match in Madrid may be their last appearance in the
European cups this year and who knows, maybe even in the next year as
well. This is due to quite a big gap to the 5th position (Europa League)
and even much bigger to the 3rd place (Champions League qualifiers) –
17 points plus one game more than the rivals. Following the 0:1 defeat
at home from Atlético Madrid during the first leg of Champions League’s
8th finals Milan have got little chances of advancing to the next round.
During the weekend they lost their league game against lower-ranked
Udinese 1:0. In the last but one game week they were also defeated, that
time at home by the leaders Juventus.
Probable lineups AC Milan: Abbiati – de Sciglio, Rami, Zapata, Emanuelson – de Jong, Muntari – Honda, Kaka, Taarabt – Balotelli.
Date:
Tuesday, 11 March 2014 – 8:45 pm CET - 19:45 GMT
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid, Spain
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid, Spain
