In the spring part of the Europa League, Zagreb started off successfully, beating Krasnodar in two matches (3:2 and 1:0). In the first match of the 1/8 finals, Dynamo lost to their opponent on the road with a score of 0:2, which made the Croatian champion’s chances illusory. For 24 rounds of the current season, the “blue” have 18 wins and three peaceful matches, which brought 57 points and first place in the standings. In the last three rounds, Damir Krznar’s charges defeated Slaven (3:0), Rijeka (2:0) and Varazdin (5:0). Today Moharrami, Milic and Guardiola, who has a leg injury, will not be able to enter the field.
In the group of the Champions League “Atletico” had no particular problems, although the start of the group stage was not successful for Diego Simeone’s team. Nevertheless, the mattress managed to win the second place, losing the first line to Bavaria – Salzburg and Lokomotiv fought, but none of these clubs could seriously encroach on a ticket to the playoffs. In the Spanish Championship Atletico managed to take advantage of the crisis of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the first round, earning a decent handicap. At the moment “mattress” are on the first line in the table with 63 points, but they are only four points ahead of the second “Barcelona”, the third “Real” has six points less. Such a handicap definitely cannot guarantee anything. In the first meeting Atletico was very careful and played almost according to the 1-10-0 scheme, which eventually turned into trouble. Having conceded from Chelsea in the second half, Atletico has not found the strength to win back and now Madrid have to win in London. In general, there are definitely chances for success. A year ago the mattress makers knocked out Liverpool in England, as the protagonist of that fight Marcos Liorente recalled before the match.
