Just over two weeks is what remains for the Atlético de Madrid face the end of the 2019-20 season. An atypical campaign that will end with an impressive final phase of the Champions League to be played in Lisbon. The view is set on August 13, the day that the RB Leipzig from 9 pm on Jose Alvalade.
A job they were going to return to this Sunday, although they have finally postponed the return. This Monday they are expected to return to training to be at full capacity after a week of vacation. From the club they assure that this change of plans has only been to give the footballers more rest. Some plans in which it is expected to find two friendly matches so as not to lose the competitive rhythm for the Champions League. At the moment they are working on it.
Ahead they have two weeks of work in which Diego Pablo Simeone He will try to fit the few pieces that were left loose in a machine that at the end of the championship has worked like a charm. In fact it has been one of the best teams after the confinement and it has achieved the objective with more than enough, it has been third and it has qualified for the Champions League two days before the end of the championship.
Now, they face a Champions League to which they return after having lived their turning point of the season eliminating the champion and main favorite to revalidate the title, Liverpool. A tie that has filled the mattresses with morale as it has even pointed out Diego Pablo Simeone and part of his team on several occasions.
On this occasion, the draw has been benevolent with the mattresses because on their way to the final they will not find any European champion. His first rival will be Leipzig, the great surprise of this competition that will come without his big star, Timo Werner. At Athletic, Simeone He has already said on several occasions that he does not trust a team to which he only praises and praises.
While in the semifinals the winner of the tie between the Paris Saint Germain and the Atalanta. The Gauls arrive at the competition after having to search for friendlies to start filming. The French championship was suspended due to the pandemic. While the Italians are in full competition, much more will come, and they are the other big surprise of these quarterfinals.
On the way mattresses have avoided their two black beasts for the past few years. In recent years the wards of Simeone they have only gotten their knees in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League against the teams he plays for Cristiano Ronaldo. Four times with him Real Madrid and one with Juventus. We will see if they are in the final.
[+] Leipzig has already started preparing for the Champions League:
Until now, Simeone He has played two Champions League finals with him Atlético de Madrid. This time they have a special motivation because it will be the last season in which the ‘Mono ’Burgos I accompanied them as a technician. The second coach of Cholo begins his solo adventure and the team wants him to leave with the 'apricot' under his arm.