The precedent, positive for Atleti
Madrileños and Mancunianos have faced each other only once: in the 1992 Recopa.
In the first leg, the team led by Luis Aragonés beat the cast led by Sir Alex Ferguson: 3-0 at the Vicente Calderón. Paulo Futre exhibited himself with a double and Manolo rounded off the win over the horn.
In the second leg, played at Old Trafford, Atlético knew how to maintain their lead to sneak into the quarterfinals: 1-1. Mark Hughes fed the hopes of the English with a goal in the 4th minute, Bernd Schuster sentenced the contest in the 68th minute.