Atlético's debut in this edition of the Champions League has not been very lucky. Simeone's men had to visit the reigning European champions, Bayern Munich, at the Allianz Arena and the final result was 4-0 in favor of the Bavarians. The Germans have been far superior and have shown why they are on their way to the sextet. However, the other rivals of the group, Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow, have drawn (2-2) in their duel in Austria, so this defeat does not represent a great setback in the mattress aspirations of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
The final scoreboard has been bulky and indeed has equaled the biggest win conceded by Atlético since Simeone's arrival on his bench in the 2011-12 season. Only on one other occasion in these almost nine years had Cholo's pupils conceded four goals in an official match and, curiously, It was also in the Champions League and against a German team. Specific, the rival was Borussia Dortmund and the match took place on October 24, 2018 in the group stage of the 2018-19 season. It was the third day and the colchoneros visited Signal Iduna Park after having beaten Monaco (1-2) and Bruges (3-1) in the first two games.
On that occasion, the score at half-time was 1-0, while against Bayern they finished 2-0 in the first 45 minutes. The rest of the goals they practically concentrated on the last 15 minutes of the match, as Guerreiro scored the second in the 73rd minute, Sancho the third in the 83rd minute and, again, Guerreiro the fourth and final in the 89th minute.. Despite this, Atlético managed to qualify for the round of 16Therefore, the fact of receiving such a wide win did not diminish their chances of getting among the top 16 in the competition, something that should encourage Atletico fans and players.