will be the rival of
Atlético de Madrid
in the knockout stages of the Champions League. The rojiblanco team faced a fearsome draw due to their status as second in the group, with Liverpool, Manchester City, PSG, Chelsea, Dortmund and Juventus as possible rivals.
Finally, it will be the ‘blue’ team that visits the Metropolitan in February and the one that receives Atlético in March, in a tie that will serve to break the total equality that presides over the confrontations between these two teams.
Taking into account the entity of the rivals that entered the hype, the Chelsea they were one of the most desirable teams, taking into account the potential of the British team, which has undergone a profound renovation this season in which they have only lost two games in the Premier, against Liverpool and Everton, and that it happened to eighth of Champions as undefeated.
And Atlético's fans think the same. Because according to the survey carried out by Mundo Deportivo through its website a few days before the draw, the majority preferred the Chelsea as a rival. Almost 50% of the participants (44.4%) stated so. The second in the preferences of the mattresses was el Borussia Dortmund (28.5%), who will face Sevilla.
The third was the luventus (9.2%), the fourth the Manchester City (8.5%), the fifth the PSG (6.5%) and the last one, whom the rojiblancos did not want to see even in paint, was Liverpool, to which Atlético dropped from the Champions League precisely in the second round last year.