Atletico Madrid travel to northern http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 for their UEFA Europa League semi-final return leg against Valencia with a 4-2 first leg result already in their bags.
Los Rojiblancos fans will hope El Cholo’s men manage to achieve what their cross town rivals, Real Madrid, failed at, that is booking a European cup final place.
Atletico Madrid are comfortably placed in the away leg against their fellow La Liga outfit after winning the match at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon with a 4-2 score line.
Predicting the details of the crunch Europa League fixture, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Pablo Simeone, stated that he is anticipating an intense match due to the importance it carries for both Spanish teams.
El Cholo added that Atletico have played twice against Valencia in the current campaign and believes it will be a free flowing match with plenty of goals to offer akin to the matches their previous meetings.
“I think it’s going to be a very important game, a game with a lot of intensity,” Simeone said.
“I’ve already played two games against Valencia and they’ve always scored against us in different ways. But to be honest I’m expecting a very similar game to the first leg. So we are working on that basis.”
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 player claimed that Atletico players cannot lose sight of their objectives when they are close to achieving them, but believes anything can happen with quality players taking the pitch for both teams.
After a good start to the season, Valencia have stuttered since the turn of the new calendar year but El Cholo believes their league form will not have bearing on the match. He claimed that Los Che will come out on the pitch to attack them and they will
return their courtesies in their currency.
“And at the end of the day you get what you deserve. Tomorrow is going to be a very big game, one of those that players love to be involved in.”
“Obviously they’re in a bit of a sticky situation because they’re behind. But we’re not going to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 to watch, we’re going to try and win.”
The Europa League fixture kicks off at 21 05 Central European Time, on April 26.
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