Atletico had a good group stage in the Champions League, where the team lost only to Liverpool, while being ahead of Porto and Milan. In the first stage of the playoffs, the Indians played against Manchester United and made it to the quarter-finals. In the first match against today’s opponent, Diego Simeone’s wards were able to resist, but still conceded one goal (0:1). In the Spanish Cup the “mattress” played unsuccessfully. The current champion of La Liga stumbled already at the 1/8 final stage, where he lost to Real Sociedad (0:2). In the La Liga tournament the Red-Whites have 17 wins and six peaceful outcomes after the 31st round, which brought 57 points and the fourth position. However, only three points separate the current hosts from the second Barcelona. It is impossible not to note the third best indicator of the team in the attack line, while Madrid conceded the most of the teams in the top eight. In the last game, Atletico lost to Mallorca (0:1). Jimenez and Herrera, who has a hip injury, will not be able to play today.
This season Benfica pleased at the group stage, where the team performed confidently and managed to get a ticket to the playoffs. At the stage of the 1/8 finals the “glorious” got into rivals with the difficult “Ajax”. In this difficult confrontation, the Portuguese team turned out to be stronger and managed to beat the representatives of the Netherlands with a score of 3:2 on aggregate. In the first game against today’s opponent Benfica lost at home (1:3). The League Cup final ended unsuccessfully for the team, where the Eagles lost to Sporting (1:2). In the Primeira Championship Nelson Verissimo’s wards have 20 wins and four peaceful outcomes after 29 rounds, which brought 64 points and third position. There are practically no chances to join the fight for entering the Champions League zone. The backlog from the second Sporting is nine points. In the last match the guests beat Belenenses (3:1). Pino and Lucas Vericimo, who has a knee injury, will not be able to play today.
