Last season Atletico won the Spanish championship, which was the main achievement of the team, which has been waiting for this victory for ten years. In the current season it is not yet possible to fight for the title. For 13 rounds of the current championship of Primera there are seven victories and five draws in the asset of “red-white”, which brought 26 points and the fourth position. However, today the lag from the first “Real” is four points. It should be noted that this season the team concedes an unacceptable amount, which equals to one goal per match on average. In the last three rounds, the Indians defeated Betis (3:0), drew with Valencia (3:3) and, not without difficulty, took away the tournament points from Osasuna (1:0). In the Champions League the mattress are in third position and after two consecutive defeats to Liverpool (2:3 and 0:2) have gained only four points. At this stage Diego Simeone’s charges concede even more, which is not typical for Madrid. Today Trippier, Felipe and Joao Felix, who has a calf injury, will not be able to take part in the duel.
Salzburg traditionally try to give out their best game in the Champions League. In this tournament the bulls present to potential buyers their young players, who have been sold in large numbers to the top clubs in Europe in recent years. In the current season, Matthias Jaysle’s team started with a 1:1 draw in the match against Sevilla, where they could easily have taken all three points. The bulls had a really high quality in the next match. In the third round they outshone Lille in the game and deservedly won 2:1 and then they did not notice Wolfsburg at home (3:1). The first defeat in the Salzburg group was in the last round while away the bulls gave a fight to Wolfsburg, but did not convert their chances and the rival was punished. However, the 1:2 defeat left Salzburg not the first line in the group, but it is only four points ahead of the last Sevilla.
