Atlético face must-win Chelsea finale
Club Atlético de Madrid are adult opposite it as they interest a explain for a top-two finish in Group C, wanting feat during Chelsea FC – who requisitioned their turn of 16 place in a penultimate tie – and for a other outcome to go their way.
• Atlético mislaid 2-1 to Chelsea on matchday dual in a initial European diversion played during their new Estadio Metropolitano home, and had to wait until their fifth fixture, a 2-0 home feat opposite AS Roma, to get their initial win on a house in this season’s UEFA Champions League.
• Diego Simeone’s Atlético therefore have 6 points, dual behind Roma and 4 adrift of Chelsea. The Spanish side therefore need to win and wish Roma destroy to do so during home to bottom side QarabaÄŸ FK to finish second; if both finish on 9 points, Atlético have a higher head-to-head.
• Chelsea done certain of swell with a 4-0 feat during Qarabağ final time out. They will take initial place if they win, or if Roma destroy to win.
Previous meetings
• The teams’ final encounters before this deteriorate came in a 2013/14 semi-finals, when the initial diversion in Spain finished goalless.
• The following week during Stamford Bridge, José Mourinho’s Chelsea looked on march for a final when former – and now stream – Atlético striker Fernando Torres gave them a 36th-minute lead. However, Adrián López leveled a notation before half-time, afterwards Diego Costa (60pen), who assimilated Chelsea 3 months later, and Arda Turan (72) gave a visitors victory.
• The line-ups during Stamford Bridge on 30 Apr 2014 were:
Chelsea: Schwarzer, Ivanović, Cahill, Terry, Cole (Eto’o 54), Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Ramires, Willian (Schürrle 77), Hazard, Torres (Ba 67).
Atlético: Courtois, Juanfran, GodÃn, Miranda, Filipe LuÃs, Mario Suárez (Sosa 79), Koke, Gabi, Raúl GarcÃa (Villa 86), Diego (Arda Turan 60), Costa.
• These sides also met in a 2012 UEFA Super Cup when Radamel Falcao’s first-half hat-trick gave Atlético a 4-1 success in Monaco and their second delight in a foe in 3 years. Gary Cahill got Chelsea’s satisfaction after Miranda had done it 4-0 on a hour.
• The line-ups during a Stade Louis II on 31 Aug 2012 were:
Atlético: Courtois, Juanfran, GodÃn, Miranda, Filipe LuÃs, Mario Suárez, Gabi, Koke (GarcÃa 81), Adrián López (RodrÃguez 56), Arda Turan, Falcao (Emre BelözoÄŸlu 87).
Chelsea: Čech, Ivanović, David Luiz, Cahill, Cole (Bertrand 69), Ramires (Oscar 46), Lampard, Mikel, Mata (Sturridge 81), Hazard, Torres.
• That improved finished Chelsea’s 15-match dominant run opposite Spanish opponents (W6 D9).
• The teams’ usually other meetings came in a 2009/10 UEFA Champions League organisation theatre when Chelsea collected 4 points from their Spanish rivals to finish tip of Group D. Atlético came third and eliminated to a lass book of a UEFA Europa League, that they eventually won.
• Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea prevailed 4-0 during Stamford Bridge, Salomon Kalou scoring twice (41, 52) before Frank Lampard (69) combined another and Luis Perea (90+1) headed a Florent Malouda free-kick into his possess net. The improved stirred a depart of Atlético manager Abel Resino, Quique Sánchez Flores holding over.
• The game in Spain dual weeks after finished 2-2, confirming Chelsea’s knockout place and finale Atlético’s hopes. Substitute Sergio Agüero (66, 90+1) warranted a indicate notwithstanding Didier Drogba’s double (82, 88).
Match background
Chelsea
• Antonio Conte’s side have collected 4 points during home in Group C, opening with a 6-0 improved of QarabaÄŸ before being hold to a 3-3 pull by Roma on matchday three.
• The Blues have a record of W9 D4 L2 during home to Spanish visitors. The solitary defeats were that Atlético retreat in 2014 and a 2-1 detriment opposite FC Barcelona in a 2005/06 turn of 16 initial leg (2-3 aggregate).
• Champions of England for a sixth time in 2016/17, Chelsea were not concerned in European foe final tenure for a initial time given 1996/97. They had seemed in any UEFA Champions League organisation theatre going behind to 2003/04.
• European champions in 2012, Chelsea got to a turn of 16 on their final UEFA Champions League entrance in 2015/16, losing to Paris Saint-Germain during that theatre for a second year running.
• The Stamford Bridge side mislaid 2-1 during home to Paris in a 2016 turn of 16, their solitary improved in their final 10 matches in west London (W6 D3).
• The Londoners have won their UEFA Champions League organisation on their final 3 appearances, and 11 times overall. The usually time they have unsuccessful to swell to a final 16 was 2012/13, when they became a initial holders to go out in a organisation phase; they went on to win a UEFA Europa League.
Atlético
• The Spanish outfit are still to win, or score, on their travels in this season’s UEFA Champions League, sketch 0-0 during both Roma and QarabaÄŸ.
• Atlético have managed only 3 victories in their final 11 UEFA Champions League divided matches (D4 L4).
• Simeone’s charges had a six-game dominant opposite Premier League clubs (W4 D2), home and away, finished by Chelsea on matchday two.
• Atlético got a improved of English antithesis final term, violence Leicester City FC 1-0 during home and 2-1 on aggregate in a quarter-finals. The 1-1 pull in that second leg gave a Rojiblancos a record W2 D5 L4 in England, that 2014 Chelsea delight entrance after a run of 4 defeats in 5 visits.
• The Madrid bar have reached a UEFA Champions League quarter-finals or improved in any of a final 4 seasons.
Coach and actor links
• Simeone faced England 4 times during his general personification career with Argentina (W1 D2 L1).
• Matchday dual was Simeone’s initial detriment to English antithesis as manager (W3 D2).
• The Atlético trainer was in a FC Internazionale Milano side that mislaid to Manchester United FC in a 1998/99 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, going down 2-0 away before a 1-1 home draw. His altogether record as a actor opposite English clubs was W2 D3 L2.
• Thibaut Courtois was loaned to Atlético by Chelsea between 2011 and 2014, creation 111 joining outings. He was partial of a Atleti group that won a UEFA Europa League in 2012, a Copa del Rey a following deteriorate and a Spanish Liga in 2013/14, when Atlético also reached a UEFA Champions League final.
• Fernando Torres scored 20 goals in 110 Premier League games for Chelsea between 2011 and 2014, winning a UEFA Champions League in 2011/12 – when he netted in a semi-final second leg during Barcelona.
• Filipe LuÃs done 15 outings for Chelsea in 2014/15.
• Stefan Savić done 11 appearances during his time in England with Manchester City, though never faced Chelsea.
• Pedro notched 58 goals in 204 joining matches for Barcelona between 2008 and 2015, with a record of W10 D4 L2 opposite Atlético.
• Cesc Fà bregas faced Atlético 9 times during his Barcelona career (W3 D5 L1), and got 28 goals in 96 Liga games for Barça between 2012 and 2014.
• Ãlvaro Morata never scored opposite Atlético for Real Madrid (W3 L3) though managed 25 goals in 63 joining fixtures for a Merengues from 2010 to 2014 and in 2016/17.
• César Azpilicueta took on Atlético 5 times with CA Osasuna (W3 D1 L1), creation 99 joining appearances in Spain.
• Willy Caballero mustered one win in 6 attempts opposite Atlético with Málaga CF (D3 L2), creation 117 Liga appearances for a bar in all.
• International team-mates:
César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fà bregas, Ãlvaro Morata, Pedro Juanfran, Koke, Saúl ÑÃguez, Fernando Torres (Spain)
David Luiz, Willian Filipe LuÃs (Brazil)
N’Golo Kante, Tiemoué Bakayoko Antoine Griezmann, Kevin Gameiro (France)
Thibaut Courtois, Michy Batshuayi, Eden Hazard Yannick Carrasco (Belgium)