Atlético de Madrid dodges Cristiano, his great executioner

Cristiano is not there. Atlético de Madrid from Simeone has disputed 15 elimination duels direct (to one or two games) in the European Cup. Exceeded ten and was only eliminated five times (against Real Madrid of Cristiano in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and against the Juventus of Cristiano in 2019). With Juve, Madrid and Cristiano already eliminated, this could be the great opportunity of the rojiblanco team.

German balance. Atlético de Madrid has played 15 heats (one final and 14 double-game matches) against teams germans (Western) in the history of European competitions. Exceeded twelve and was only eliminated on three occasions (against Bayern in the 1974 European Cup final, against Eintracht in the 1975-76 Recopa and against Hamburg in the 1976-77 Recopa).

East Germany. The rojiblancos also played other two heats more against teams from the former East Germany: in the semifinals of the Recopa 1961-62 knocked out Carl Zeiss Jena (winning both games, the second of them in Sweden because the German team was not allowed to enter Spain) and in the 1979-80 UEFA Cup first round were lowered for him Dynamo Dresden (losing both matches).

Good luck. From the KO against Dynamo Dresden in October 1979 the mattress set has passed eight rounds of elimination direct (all double game) against german rivals in continental tournaments: Uerdingen (1986), Werder Bremen (1986), Wolfsburg (1999), Schalke (2008), Hannover (2012), Leverkusen (2015), Bayern (2016) and Leverkusen (2017).

Increase. He RB Leipzig was founded on 19 May 2009 and began competing in the fifth category of German football. In his first season of life he ascended to the fourth division, in the fourth campaign he ascended to third division, in the fifth to second, in the seventh to first and in the eighth they already went runners-up of the Bundesliga.

Jump to europe. Alone 14 teams they have taken 25 (or less) years from Foundation in reach the quarter finals of the maximum continental competition. These are: CSKA Sofía (9 years, 1948-1957), RB Leipzig (11 years, 2009-2020), Partizan (11 years, 1945-1956), Red Star (12 years, 1945-1957), Erzgebirge Aue (13 years, 1946-1959), Dukla Praga (14 years, 1948-1962), Dinamo Berlin (14 years, 1966-1980), Cologne (17 years, 1948-1965), Vorwärts Berlin (19 years, 1951-1970), Gornik Zabrze (20 years, 1948-1968), Brondby (23 years, 1964-1987), Dynamo Dresden (24 years, 1953-1977), PSG (25 years, 1970-1995) and Stade Reims (25 years, 1931- 1956). Dinamo Berlin, Brondby, PSG and RB Leipzig are the only cases in the last 40 years.

Precocity. If RB Leipzig remove today at Athletic of Madrid will become the first semifinalist in the history of the European Cup with sonly eleven years of life, beating the record of Red Star that managed to be placed among the four best teams on the continent in 1957, only twelve years after its founding.

Unpublished. He Athletic of Madrid will be the first rival Spanish from RB Leipzig in its short European history. The German club has played continental competitions in the last three seasons: 2017-18 (eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League and eliminated by Olympique Marseille in the Europa League) and 2018-19 (eliminated in the group stage of the Europa League). In total they have played 32 matches between the European Cup (14) and the UEFA Cup (18).

In neutral field. He Athletics of Simeone has disputed eight official matches in neutral field in which he has added five wins, two draws and a single defeat (against Real Madrid, in Lisbon, in the 2013-14 Champions League final). Today's will be his sixth official match in the Lisbon city (two wins, one draw and two losses to date) and the second in the José Alvalade Stadium XXI (Sporting 2-2 Atlético, on March 18, 2010 in the second leg of the Europa League round of 16).

No audience. Today's will be third party european Athletic from Madrid to door closed and won the previous two: 1-2 at Celtic in Glasgow in the 1985-86 Recopa de Europa and 2-1 at PSV Eindhoven at Vicente Calderón in the 2008-09 Champions League group stage.

Goals. He Athletic of Madrid carries 18 official matches consecutive scoring a goal. The streak started after 1-0 defeat at the Bernabéu in the month of February. Simeone's team did not have such a positive series since another in which it reached 19, six years ago (between August and December 2014). The best streak of matches in a row with Atleti's goal since he was trained by the Argentine coach dates from 2012 (24 consecutive between April and October).

After the break. He Athletic from Madrid has added seven wins and four draws in the eleven games he has played after the lockdown, Meanwhile he RB Leipzig has accumulated four wins, four draws and a single defeat (0-2 against Dortmund) in that same period of time. He Atleti rival is the only one who has managed to stop Bayern in the last eight months (the Bavarians add 26 victories and a 0-0 against Leipzig, in February, in the last 27 official matches they have played).