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VIDEO SAMPLES: ATLETICO MADRID BUS WITH PLAYERS ARRIVING AT THE HOTEL, PLAYERS IN GAUNT MASKS AND ENTERING THE HOTEL
1. ATLETICO MADRID BUS CARRYING PLAYERS ARRIVING AT THE HOTEL
2. MEDIA
3. BEFORE DIEGO COSTA WITH MASCARA ENTRANCE TO THE HOTEL
4. PLAYERS WITH MASKS GATHERED ON BUSES WAITING FOR LUGGAGE
5. MEDIA
6. PLAYERS WITH MASKS GATHERED ON BUSES WAITING FOR LUGGAGE, PLAYERS WHO TAKE THEIR LUGGAGE AND HEAD TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE HOTEL
7. SEVERAL PLAYERS WITH MASKS PICKING UP THEIR LUGGAGE AND ENTERING THE HOTEL
8. SEVERAL PLAYERS WITH MASKS GATHERED WHILE WAITING FOR LUGGAGE
9. PLAYERS ENTERING THE HOTEL WITH THEIR LUGGAGE
10. SIGN ON THE WALL OF THE GLASS HOTEL READING IN SPANISH “ANOTHER WAY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE”
11. BUS OUTSIDE THE HOTEL
12. EXTERIOR OF THE HOTEL
13. ATHLETIC FLAG FLOATING IN THE WIND
HISTORY: Despite the last-minute upheaval caused by two players who tested positive for COVID-19, Atletico Madrid arrived in Lisbon on Tuesday, August 11 for the ‘Final Eight’ tournament of the Champions League, knowing that he has a golden opportunity despite everything winning the biggest prize in Europe.
Although they had to suffer the surprise of the players Angel Correa and Sime Vrsaljko who did the test of the virus this weekend, almost everything went into place for the Atleti, who will face RB Leipzig in the quarter-finals on Thursday (13 August).
Diego Simeone’s look is under confidence after removing Liverpool’s look in March and returning to form at the end of the season, with his players in the most sensible way.
They are also in the aspect of the draw and knowing that their puppy, Real Madrid, who beat Atlético in the finals of 2014 and 2016 and eliminated it in 2015 and 2017, is no longer on the list.
While Atletico will not be taken lightly Leipzig, facing the Germans and an imaginable assembly of the last 4 with Paris St Germain or Atalanta is in fact preferable to play against Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Manchester City, which in combination with Olympique Lyonnais shape the other aspect of the draw.
It has been an eventful season for Atletico, which at one point seemed to have the chance of being among the 4 most sensitive in La Liga as they struggled to face the departure of talisman figures Antoine Griezmann and Diego Godin.
But his double victories over Liverpool were a turning point and the team relentlessly when the season resumed after the coronavirus ended, winning seven of his 11 league games to finish third.
Atleti’s resurgence was pushed through an unlikely figure in Marcos Llorente, who made an exciting transformation from defensive midfielder to attack, killing Liverpool before leading the team’s front line after the reboot.
They have also benefited from the renewed finesse of Diego Costa and Yannick Carrasco, while boasting one of the global goalkeepers in Jan Oblak.
With Simeone drilling them aside, Atletico has all the ingredients to avenge his pain in the competition.
(Production: Miguel Pereira)
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