Atletico Madrid is one goal behind after the first meeting against Inter Milan. Their hopes of reaching the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals are still alive, but on the other hand, there are Nerazzurri, last year’s finalists, who want to have another run at the European title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mattress Makers didn’t make a good intro for this matchup, losing to Cadiz in this weekend’s La Liga meeting. Though, truth to be told, this unit was focused more on the upcoming event against Inter, so they haven’t been quite motivated against the domestic rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, this is the fourth game in the past five in which Atletico has not won and the seventh in the previous nine, which indicates their struggles and problems. They can’t be covered up anymore, especially all the issues in the back line, which produced one clean sheet in the last ten events. The only encouraging thing is that Atletico plays superbly at home, winning eight of the previous ten appearances, having a tie and a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n