There were moments of tension, of real burden before a Salzburg that shook and finished insistently, but Atlético complied, won 0-2 and will be in the hype next Monday. It is the seventh time he has made it through the group stage since Simeone is here on the bench. Since that 13-14, the first Champions that Cholo played and in which the final was reached, the rojiblancos have only punctured once.
Atleti passes second in the group, the third the time it happens. Specifically, they have been the last three. This time behind Bayern, the previous one, after Juventus and in 18-19, following Dortmund. In 2017-18 he did not meet the objective and finished third, behind Roma and Chelsea, which sent him to the Europa League. He ended up winning it.
The previous four Atlético qualified, with much less trouble than this time and even days in advance, all of them as first in the group. In 2016-17 he was ahead of the Bayern, in the previous one, of the Benfica; 14-15, of Juventus and in the first of the Cholo era, of the Zenith.