Key occasions
20 minutes: Molina lifts one other cross into the field and Hummels is pressured to move it behind. Griezmann whips the nook in; Gimenez wins the primary header and finds teammate Morata contained in the six-yard field however he’s beneath the ball and steers over.
18 minutes: Dortmund in defence is a whole shambles. Lino will get the ball into the field and it seems straightforward sufficient to clear however Maatsen offers the ball straight again to Atletico. Griezmann is presented an opportunity to shoot however his effort is blocked by a defender.
Justin Kavanagh emails: “Watching Griezmann play is like seeing an professional tailor at work stitching collectively the play. In fact, the material in his workshop is the very best high quality at his degree, however you get the impression that he’d make an Armani go well with out of sackcloth. What a participant!”
16 minutes: Sancho has first run of the match down the left bu Koke tackles him on the touchline to offer Dortmund a throw. The Spaniard protests for some cause however the determination stands.
14 minutes: Atletico are so assured that Lino feels snug performing an overhead kick on the sting of the field however it’s straight at Kobel.
At this stage, Dortmund would take a 1-0 defeat however their defence seems like it should concede a number of extra.
12 minutes: Dortmund’s makes an attempt to cross it out from the again are fairly underwhelming. They faucet it round after which realise they should knock it longer and customarily simply ship the ball again to Atletico.
10 minutes: It’s one other nook for Atletico however Dortmund do handle to clear. The Germans should not on this sport in the meanwhile.
8 minutes: Hummels fails to manage a easy cross and offers away a nook. Dortmund fail to clear, permitting Griezmann to swing in a cross, which Witsel flicks splendidly at aim and Kobel makes a surprising save. They get a nook nevertheless it ought to be given as offside, that means any aim wouldn’t have counted.
6 minutes: Dortmund are simply panicking over all the things now. They’ve set their very own downfall and Atletico are rightly assured they’ll get a number of extra.
Kobel has on a regular basis on this planet and takes as a lot as he can, permitting Atletico to shut ranks. The goalkeeper passes to Maatsen, going through his personal aim, and his first-time cross is straight to De Paul, who takes a contact and slots house.
GOAL! Atletico 1-0 Dortmund (De Paul 4)
Utter stupidity from Dortmund.
2 minutes: Dortmund, very a lot in yellow, dominate possession within the early phases however Atletico break on them, leading to an attractive cross from Griezmann to Morata, whose shot is blocked by Maatsen.
Kick off
Peep! Peep! Peep! Right here we go!
The groups are within the tunnel. It seems vigorous in Madrid.
Edin Terzic: “The margin of error could be very small on this stage. We all know on this environment it is rather tough. We want everybody.
“It’s a part of the job to maintain the house followers quiet right now.”
Have a examine Harry Kane to cross the time.
An honest report.
16- In video games performed on the Vicente Calderón and the Cívitas Metropolitano, Atlético de Madrid have by no means misplaced within the knockout phases of the Champions League beneath Simeone (P16 W10 D6) they usually solely conceded 4 objectives in these 16 matches, retaining 12 clear sheets in them. Fort. pic.twitter.com/WlJS2Sl0q5
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It’s wanting somewhat vigorous outdoors.
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Beginning lineups
Atlético (5-3-2): Oblak; Molina, Witsel, Giménez, Azpilicueta, Lino; Llorente, Koke, De Paul; Griezmann, Morata.
Subs: Moldovan, Gomis, Paulista, Savic, Reinildo, Saul, Riquelme, Vermeeren, Barrios, Correa, El Jebari.
Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Sabitzer, Can; Sancho, Nmecha, Adeyemi; Füllkrug.
Subs: Meyer, Lotka, Ozcan, Haller, Reus, Duranville, Wolf, Moukoko, Brandt
Preamble
After a quiet night time of Champions League soccer we go once more. Atletico play host to Dortmund, sitting fourth and fifth of their respective home leagues. If we’re being sincere it’s the least attractive of the 4 quarter-final ties. We should always, nevertheless, not be unfavourable about what shall be an intriguing battle.
Atletico have the highest-paid coach on this planet and a squad laden with expertise. They’ve, arguably, the perfect goalkeeper on this planet in Jan Oblak and on the different finish of the pitch the completely cool Antoine Griezmann. In even higher information for the hosts, they got the weekend off so everybody in Spain might deal with the Copa del Rey closing, so ought to really feel fairly recent.
Dortmund, however, want they didn’t play final weekend, shedding 1-0 at house to Stuttgart so as to add to the pessimism on the German membership. On the upside, additionally they have a plethora of abilities at their disposal and if they’ll put collectively a good 90 minutes, they’ll combine it with the perfect of them. Jadon Sancho has confirmed promise since returning to Dortmund and want to show himself within the Champions League highlight.
Anyway, let’s hope for a cracker!
Kick-off: 8pm BST
