Football tips The match against Loko (Moscow) is the most important in the Simeone era for Atletico
Atletico (Madrid) `s senior coach has recently compared his team to an exorbitant pizza full of produce, but the team is currently preparing for a decisive all - or - nothing match in the Champions League against Lokomotiv Moscow. Against the backdrop of the desperate results recently, Atletico`s pizza seems to be tasteless and with a slightly tanned crust. The Mattresses need to win at home to Lokomotiv on Wednesday to secure a place in the semifinals in an elite European tournament, or they can hope for Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus in the same group to their advantage. Juve have already qualified as Group D champions. Against the backdrop of the level in both championships, overcoming the Russians seems like a simple task, but Atletico have only won one of their last eight games in all tournaments, unable to score in their lastthree matches.
`This is the most delicate moment for Atletico in the Simeone Era and the most important match ever, said former Kiko striker.
Friday`s zero draw in Villarreal reduced the team to 7th place in the Primera Division, eight points clear of leader Barcelona, who also had a game less. Thus, the team continues to be in its worst shape since December 2011, when the Argentinean coach took over the coaching position. Then Simeone was able to transform the team so that in 2014 he won the national championship and twice took him to the finals in the Champions League.
These successes, however, increasingly seem like a distant memory, and the coach has no excuse for the club`s financial strength to be out of proportion with its competition. But fed up with some sales, Atletico has also started spending money on expensive players, including EUR 126 million for Portuguese talent Joao Felix.
But anyway, they are the fifth weakest attack in La Liga, unable to find an answer to the departed Frenchman Antoine Griezmann. Alvaro Morata is currently the number one goal scorer with 7 goals, but he has a bad habit of missing out on the most important moments, such as an empty-handed goal against Juventus and a couple of ruined positions in a 0-1 defeat to Barcelona. 20-year-old Joao Felix has 3 hits, but against Villarreal he angered the final predictions by football livescores fans of the team after trading six clean situations.
But the charismatic Argentinean Simeone, who is loved for his shared passion with fans, is not worried right now and looks determined. `We should not mislead people. We are what they see. We are not like pizza, but if you like to eat pizza, you do not eat anything else, ` Simeone told El Larguero Radio. But eventually missing out on the Champions League could lead to nothing. to another and not particularly pleasant diet.
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