Madrid - In La Liga, Atletico Madrid are hobbled in an effort to retain the title. Atletico must now shift focus to the Champions League last season event successfully penetrated until the final.
In La Liga match at the weekend Atletico had to settle back from headquarters Espanyol with a draw after goalless. The result leaves Los colchoneros Valencia shifted into fourth position. Atletico were only able to achieve a victory of the last five games in La Liga - 1 win, 3 draws, 1 defeat - and now within nine points with Barcelona at the top standings.
Regardless, Atletico should have to forget for a moment the performance and the speed being less okay in the domestic arena for total focus to the Champions League in midweek with a host Bayer Leverkusen at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday (03/18/2015) pm dawn. Atletico will undergo the game with a mission to reverse the position on Leverkusen, after losing 0-1 in the first leg of the party in Germany.
Given aspects of playing at home, Atletico had a positive capital because it has not conceded at the Calderon in the Champions League this season, host teams Juventus kinds, Malmo, and Olympiakos in the group phase.
Unfortunately, Opta also mention that Atletico now have not scored in 205 minutes of the Champions League. Atletico Moreover, it also has not been able to beat Leverkusen in European competition, with three meetings between the two teams ended with a victory for Leverkusen and the other two ended in a draw. A total of five goals in the game match.
"The results of Espanyol opponent will not affect the game against Bayer Leverkusen, we will perform all his might. It will be a spectacular evening. We hope luck is on our side and we can celebrate a victory," said Atletico defender Jesus Gamez as quoted World Soccer Talk.
"Knocked out there was nothing in our minds, although of course this is not going to easy. Currently they are superior, but we also have great players so that they will have difficulties. In the first leg of their press with great and we did not play on appropriate level, but they have not confirmed the break-out.
"We have experienced players in the Champions League and we will fight tooth and nail for victory," he exclaimed.(detikSport)
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