from: Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid
What: UEFA Champions League round 16
when: Tuesday 4 March at 9 pm (20:00 GMT)
where: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain

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Madrid is the lead in the Champions League round in 16, with Atletico Madrid in a leadership position to try to get the best Real Madrid rival in the European competition.

Real, the record with a European champion 15 times And holders of the currentThe thorn of Atletico in the Champions League over the years, overcoming the city’s competitor in the finals.

But this Atletico arrives at the Tuesday match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, which has played some of his best football since coach Diego Simon seized more than a decade, and showed confidence that he could meet their competitors for a long time.

What is Real Madrid in the game?

Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior said his team is facing the early cancellation of the Champions League if they made any mistakes against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 neck bundles.

Madrid lost 2-1 against Real Betis on Saturday in Laja and Vinicius said that their weak performance could not be repeated in Europe.

“I think it is in the last game, we lacked a little of everything … We made a lot of mistakes, and we defended badly and did everything badly,” the wing told a press conference on Monday.

“It is better to happen in the last game, where we can not tomorrow we do not make any mistakes because these are the knockout games where you make a mistake while you are going home, and we do not want to go home early.

“We are here to continue to improve our game and put a good performance tomorrow.”

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti said he hoped to slip against Betis one time before Derby.

“We lacked the situation in the game against Betis. Ancelotti told reporters:” I hope it is an isolated incident. “It is an equal tie and will be determined at the second station. It’s a tight game, [it will be] It is difficult. “

Ancelotti praised his opposite number and the most prominent strength of Atletico Diego Simoni coach.

Ancelotti said: “What I like is the way he reads the games, how he prepared his team, his strategy, and the defensive ropes that his players own – I love all of this,” Ancelotti said.

What are the chances of Atletico against Real Madrid?

Simon admitted that the competitors of Atletico have the most wonderful history, but he supported his team to connect it before their exciting tie.

Atletico never won the Champions League, where he finished second on three occasions. Meanwhile, Madrid is considered “Kings of Europe”, and his fellow competitors raised from La Liga, Barcelona, ​​the cup five times.

Simon told reporters on Monday: “I have always put Barcelona and Real Madrid wherever their history, so nothing has changed,” Simon told reporters on Monday. Both have an enormous history and we grow, and it is very nice.

“Since we are always linking positions to history and history, the history of Real Madrid in the Champions League is unusual, and we have a great opportunity.”

Atletico fights with two adults in Spain for the title of Laliga and currently in second place, one point behind Barca and two before Los Blancos.

Simeone did not lose this season’s match against Real or Barcelona. In the Spanish League, they beat the Catalan club 2-1 in Barcelona and directed 1-1 in both the two games they played against.

The coach said: “I see a game that has a lot of respect against a great opponent and I think they respect us in the same way.” “All previous games will have no effect at all – this is the Champions League.

“If we play against a team that was not in our league, we will not enter into it … I think for the city, to Madrid, it is great that Atletico and Real Madrid face.”

How is the new Champions League formed?

The 16th round will start this week to settle the opening season to coordinate the new Champions League, which included the league stage and a decisive round.

The last 16 years will include the local competition of German clubs, Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, Powerhouses Paris Saint-Lgermain and Liverpool, who topped the league stage, against each other.

Atletico finished fifth in the league stage, while Madrid was only the eleventh place and had to play more Qualifiers against Manchester City.

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The last time Atletico Madrid faced in the Champions League, it was canceled in the semi -finals in 2017. He lost to Madrid in the finals in 2014 and 2016, and in the quarter -finals 2015.

In general, ATLETICO won three of its ten meetings against Madrid in UEFA competitions, with five losses and two clouds.

Atletico did not lose in four consecutive matches, and the city’s competitor will spend on the 16th round of Cuba del Rey last season.

Real Madrid team news

Real Madrid should deal without England International Jude Bellingham in the first stage after his reservation in the qualifying round against Manchester City led to a suspension of three yellow cards.

Federico Valverde is expected to return despite the loss of Betis’s defeat, although Eder Militao, Dani Carvage and Dani Ciballos are still absent in the long run.

Atletico Madrid team news

Both are scheduled to remain Cesar Azbiluetta and Cook remain marginalized due to leg problems and thigh, respectively.

ATLETICO is otherwise in the first station.

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UEFA (Championsleague) March 3, 2025