Salzburg, first final – AS.com

EI Atlético suffered a tough defeat against Bayern in their Champions League debut this season. The rojiblanco team had to suffer the champion and although losing was not part of the rojiblancos plans, no one tore their clothes for it. With no time for rest, Salzburg arrives and the game acquires final overtones. The first of the season (follow the game live on As.com).

Simeone's team needs to beat the Austrian team, otherwise they would get into serious trouble. It is not an easy encounter. Atlético knows that they are favorites and that anything other than winning complicates things. The best team in the world is in the group, but then the level goes down with Salzburg and Lokomotiv. Although these types of matches are the ones that complicate Atlético.

The duel is unprecedented, since the Madrid team never faced the Austrian team. RB Salzburg is the younger brother of RB Leipzig, rojiblanco executioner in Lisbon in the previous Champions League. That is where the morbidness of the encounter arrives. The Austrian league does not have the level of the German or today's rival, the one in August, but the Madrid team is warned.

Atlético solved with determination of the league clash against Betis. Oblak does not fit in, the defense continues to be strong and the matches end up falling on the rojiblanco side. Saturday Marcos Llorente was decisive, signed as a midfielder and converted as a forward. Anfield's historic game was a before and after for him at Atlético. His speed changed the course of the match against the Verdiblanco team and it should happen that way in more games. We will see if today he is a starter or is it an asset that Simeone has up his sleeve, since Luis Suárez worked yesterday on the sidelines, although he entered the call. João Félix seems fixed in attack. The Portuguese did not start against Betis and today he aims to start. The same as Herrera, winner last Saturday. Saúl is still out and Carrasco has joined Costa and Vrsaljko on the disabled list.

Salzburg do not have relevant names in their squad, although they are triumphant in their championship. The Austrians rave about Atlético, but they will try to surprise. It has a 19-year-old Hungarian boy, Szoboszlai, who has already given rise to talk and who will try to make Oblak's night bitter. When the draw came out, everyone in the Austrian team's dressing room was excited to face Atlético. This is precisely what Atlético does not want, that tonight there are strong emotions and surprises.