During the press conference preceding the match against Slovan Bratislava, the Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone he commented on the goals scored by his team in the final stages of matches: “It’s a way of working and training – underlined the Colchoneros coach – In this period of matches he was on our side, but he could also be against us. victory in Prague and the importance of the goals? We must play an intelligent game and behave accordingly.”
Cholo then returned to his opponent of the evening and what his weak points could be: “We always watch all the matches and – he continued – we try to visualize what is best to win. All the teams make mistakes and those that make fewer mistakes they have more opportunities, they must be provoked and this is how the situations arise in front of goal. What opponent do I expect? It’s a team that works very hard and competes very well in its championship, I imagine a match with enthusiasm in the Champions League and we hope to do so? a good match and continue on the line up where we are.”
The updated ranking.
1. Liverpool 18 (dr +12)*
2. Leverkusen 13 (dr +7)*
3. Aston Villa 13 (dr +6)*
4. Inter 13 (dr +6)*
5. Brest 13 (dr +4)*
6. Barcelona 12 (dr +13)
7. Dortmund 12 (dr +10)
8. Bayern 12 (dr +9)*
9. Atalanta 11 (dr +9)*
10. Arsenal 10 (dr +6)
11. Monaco 10 (dr +5)
12. Sporting 10 (dr +2)
13. Lilac 10 (dr +2)
14. Club Brugge 10 (dr -2)*
15. Benfica 9 (dr +3)
16. Atl. Madrid 9 (dr +2)
17. Milan 9 (dr +2)
18. Real Madrid 9 (dr -1)*
19. Celtic 9 (dr 0)*
20. Manchester City 8 (dr +6)
21. PSV 8 (r +2)*
22. Juventus 8 (dr +2)
23. Dyn. Zagreb 8 (dr -5)*
24. PSG 7 (dr 0)*
25. Feyenoord 7 (dr -3)
26. Stuttgart 4 (dr -7)
27. Shakhtar 4 (dr -8)*
28. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -9)
29. Sturm Graz 3 (dr -4)
30. Girona 3 (dr -6)*
31. Red Star 3 (dr -8)
32. Salzburg 3 (dr -15)*
33. Bologna 1 (dr -6)
34. RB Leipzig 0 (dr -7)*
35. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -14)
36. Young Boys 0 (dr -15)
* one more game
The results for Tuesday 10 December
Dinamo Zagreb-Celtic 0-0
Girona-Liverpool 0-1
Atalanta-Real Madrid 2-3
Bayer Leverkusen-Inter 1-0
Club Brugge-Sporting 2-1
Leipzig-Aston Villa 2-3
Salzburg-Paris Saint-Germain 0-3
Shakhtar Donetsk-Bayern Munich 1-5
Brest-PSV Eindhoven 1-0
The program for Wednesday 11 December
18:45 Atletico Madrid-Slovan Bratislava
6.45pm Lille-Sturm Graz
9.00pm Arsenal-Monaco
9.00pm Benfica-Bologna
9.00pm Borussia Dortmund-Barcelona
9.00pm Feyenoord Rotterdam-Sparta Prague
9.00pm Juventus-Manchester City
9.00pm Milan-Stella Rossa
9.00pm Stuttgart-Young Boys