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Atlético have great memories between their games against Chelsea. The English team will be the rival in the knockout stages of the Champions League and with Simeone on the bench, the balance is positive for the rojiblancos. In the retina is the European Super Cup in 2012, when Falcao's display with a hat-trick led the team to the title (1-4), and the 2014 Champions semi-finals when, after the goalless draw at Vicente Calderón so celebrated by Mourinho, Atlético left an immense match at Stamford Bridge to win 1-3 and advance to the final in Lisbon.

The goals of Adrián, great surprise of the eleven, Diego Costa from a penalty and Arda Turan would turn the initial goal of Torres. However, there is a closer precedent and that left the name of Chelsea marked in the history of the Wanda Metropolitano. On September 27, 2017, Atlético decked out to host Chelsea at the first game in the history of Wanda Metropolitano in the Champions League. Days before, he had made his debut in the league against Malaga with a solitary goal from Griezmann and the Frenchman again saw the door to open the scoring against the English, this time with a penalty.

When everything seemed on track, a goal by Morata, then rojiblanco, with a great header after Hazard's center would tie the duel. And in the last play of the game, Batshuayi would put the 1-2 that would cause the first match of the stadium in the top European competition to end in defeat. A match for history and that was stained by that defeat that also greatly complicated Atlético's aspirations in the group, finishing in third place and playing the Europa League that in the end he would raise. Of course, since then Atlético has never lost a European match at their stadium again.

In the next 13 Champions League games, neither the visit by double game of Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool or Bayern recently they have been able to win in the Wanda Metropolitano. In the Europa League the three games played in the stadium were counted by wins. Atlético has a stronghold at home and wants to keep it. For this he will have to compensate against a Chelsea of ​​Lampard that it is the only European team that can boast of such a feat, but that it will face off against an Atlético who is a two-legged bone and is aware that the home game is essential. Much remains for the meeting and without going from game to game, Simeone will already be beginning to plot his revenge against the English team.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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