Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 5:04:11 GMT -5
Atlético de Madrid is focused on a final two years after Milan's loss in the Champions League, this time in the Europa League and as the undoubted favorite against Marseille in Lyon, with all the pressure that comes with that condition, but, above all , the victory that differentiates success from failure.
Because for the red and white team there is no middle ground in this decisive clash in the French city, with which they still have a debt for 32 years, the European Cup Winners' Cup lost with Dynamo Kiev in 1986 (3-0) – there will be a tribute mosaic in memory of the massive displacement of the fans at that time –, and with which he is now reunited with a group designed for the highest levels.
END OF INFART. The victory means finishing the season with a title that it has not won for four years, achieving the sixth trophy of the Simeone era, expanding the most productive Binance App Users Data decade in the club's record, with seven titles since 2010, including two European Leagues (2010 and 2012 ), and demonstrate that the undisputed favorite is an undeniable champion.
It would also be the vindication of a team that has suffered countless difficulties this season, but that has recovered from almost all of them, on the verge of closing its second position in the League and ready to win a tournament now with the appearance of consolation, but that long ago, six years ago, it aroused tremendous euphoria.
Defeat means the opposite: it would be a disappointment without nuances for a team that had been structured to fight for everything, whose early elimination from the Champions League led it back to the Europa League, then a lesser evil now a priority, and close another course, the third, without a single title.
Too much time for Simeone's Atlético, champion five times in its first three and a half campaigns and prepared to withstand all the pressure of a 'high risk' final also in sports, because almost an entire year – 57 official matches, with 33 victories – are now reduced to a single match.
THE CHOLO'S DILEMMA. "This team, due to character, personality and to continue growing, needs to win again," said Gabi Fernández, Atlético's captain, last week, when his team was already focusing on this Thursday's duel, in which Simeone plans to recover to Vitolo and, by extension, have all his troops available after 40 games.
All except the coach, who is waiting for the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the request for a precautionary suspension of the sanction imposed by the Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee and ratified by the UEFA Appeal Committee. At the moment he points to the stands, without contact with the players since he arrives at the Parc OL stadium.
Because for the red and white team there is no middle ground in this decisive clash in the French city, with which they still have a debt for 32 years, the European Cup Winners' Cup lost with Dynamo Kiev in 1986 (3-0) – there will be a tribute mosaic in memory of the massive displacement of the fans at that time –, and with which he is now reunited with a group designed for the highest levels.
END OF INFART. The victory means finishing the season with a title that it has not won for four years, achieving the sixth trophy of the Simeone era, expanding the most productive Binance App Users Data decade in the club's record, with seven titles since 2010, including two European Leagues (2010 and 2012 ), and demonstrate that the undisputed favorite is an undeniable champion.
It would also be the vindication of a team that has suffered countless difficulties this season, but that has recovered from almost all of them, on the verge of closing its second position in the League and ready to win a tournament now with the appearance of consolation, but that long ago, six years ago, it aroused tremendous euphoria.
Defeat means the opposite: it would be a disappointment without nuances for a team that had been structured to fight for everything, whose early elimination from the Champions League led it back to the Europa League, then a lesser evil now a priority, and close another course, the third, without a single title.
Too much time for Simeone's Atlético, champion five times in its first three and a half campaigns and prepared to withstand all the pressure of a 'high risk' final also in sports, because almost an entire year – 57 official matches, with 33 victories – are now reduced to a single match.
THE CHOLO'S DILEMMA. "This team, due to character, personality and to continue growing, needs to win again," said Gabi Fernández, Atlético's captain, last week, when his team was already focusing on this Thursday's duel, in which Simeone plans to recover to Vitolo and, by extension, have all his troops available after 40 games.
All except the coach, who is waiting for the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the request for a precautionary suspension of the sanction imposed by the Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee and ratified by the UEFA Appeal Committee. At the moment he points to the stands, without contact with the players since he arrives at the Parc OL stadium.