Bayern Munich vs Atlético Madrid, for the Champions League: preview and line-ups, live

10/21/2020 13:00

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Updated 10/21/2020 1:25 AM

Atlético Madrid visits Bayern Munich

, in a presentation that is as complex as it is challenging for

, who already knows how to build feats against the powerful and now

and owner of amazing statistics.

The Allianz Arena stadium in the city of Munich will host this match corresponding to group A, which

with the refereeing of the Englishman Michael Oliver and

(Cablevisión channels 103 and 623 from DirecTV).

Atlético de Madrid faces the toughest rival in a quartet that also includes Lokomotiv Moscow and Austrian Red Bull Salzburg

.

Diego Simeone this Tuesday in recognition of the Allianz Arena playing field.

(EFE)

This Champions League begins with the same objective of each season: to pay off the historical debt of lifting the Orejona, a trophy that he had three times at hand but in all of them he was at the gates of the title.

The first was in 1974 in the old Champions Cup and precisely against Bayern Munich, which in that season had a dream team, which was the basis of the West German team that was to be enshrined in the World Cup held in their country that same year.

The remaining two were more recent,

, in both definitions that the

took to extra time but surrendered in the same time extra in the first, and in the penalty shootout in the second.

🔜 This Wednesday will be a big day 💪

🙌 This Wednesday will be a great day partida

🔙 This Wednesday the @LigadeCampeones returns!

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🔴⚪ # AúpaAtleti |

⭐ #UCL

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- Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) October 20, 2020

That challenge of taking by storm the places reserved for the most powerful of the continent is the plan that Cholo has after, in addition, having twice won the Europa League, the second tournament in importance of UEFA, in 2012 and 2018.

In fact, in the last season he had been very well profiled after taking the champion Liverpool out of the way, who in the round of 16 he beat at the Wanda Metropolitano and at Anfield, but

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Atlético, which started the season undefeated in the Spanish League, will bet on its defensive strength, which has led it to receive only one goal in four games, and on looking for the success of Luis Suárez and Joao Félix in the attack.

Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski, the leaders of the Bayern Munich attack.

(Reuters)

"The key is to have a very well organized defense of the whole team and then with the quality that we have from the center forward, I think we can make Bayern suffer," defender Stefan Savic told the media of his club.

Joao Félix will surely accompany Luis Suárez forward

, after the Spanish-Brazilian Diego Costa suffered a muscle injury in his right thigh on Saturday in the league win against Celta de Vigo.

Luis Suárez returns to the Champions League with another shirt

against the team that beat Barcelona 8-2 in the quarterfinals last season, a

.

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- Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) October 20, 2020

Suárez is already the top scorer for his new team with three goals in four games

, in addition to having provided an assist.

The rojiblancos will need all their gunpowder against the Germans, to whom Simeone, who will complete 100 European games with Atlético on Wednesday, looks at with respect.

"We are going to face the best team in the world, by intensity, by pressure, by game ... For everything it shows," said the mattress coach.

In Germany, the danger for Simeone's team will come with the fearsome duo formed by Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller.

, while his partner has three goals and four passes-goals in those same games.

Bayern Munich's celebration of winning the last Champions League.

(Reuters)

The two seem to continue in the great form with which they ended last season, in which Lewandowski was voted UEFA player of the year, although he was surpassed by Ciro Immobile in the fight for the Golden Boot for the best scorer in the major leagues. European.

This Tuesday,

, so he was isolated and, of course, will be low in this game.

Second place in the Bundesliga one point behind leaders Leipzig, Bayern aims to repeat their success.

"We want to win as much as possible, although winning everything like we did is very difficult," Bayern coach Hansi Flick said on Tuesday, warning about Atlético's potential.

Serge Gnabry has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Bayern winger is doing well and is quarantined at home.

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- FC Bayern München Spanish (@FCBayernES) October 20, 2020

Simeone "has made his team progress in these nine years, he is one of the best defenders in Europe, they are compact, they position themselves well, they put pressure and with Suárez he has an extra quality," said the Bavarian team coach.

Bayern arrive with astonishing numbers: they won 35 of their last 37 games

, in which they registered a draw and a single defeat,

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In addition, the Bavarian team showed certain defensive vacillations that were seen again a week later in the 4 to 3 victory against Hertha.

Serge Gnabry, low at the last minute due to coronavirus.

(Reuters)

With Flick in command,

: first as an interim and then confirmed in office, Hansi led the Bavarians to win the triple crown,

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In addition, the current one has already started with the title in the European Super Cup, which he beat Sevilla in the final.

Possible formations

Bayern Munich

: Manuel Neuer;

Benjamin Pavard, Jerome Boateng, David Alaba, Lucas Hernández;

Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka;

Douglas Costa, Thomas Müller, Kingsley Coman;

Robert Lewandowski.

: Hansi Flick

Atlético Madrid

: Jan Oblak;

Kieran Trippier, Stefan Savic, Felipe, Mario Hermoso;

Marco Llorente, Héctor Herrera, Koke, Yannick Carrasco;

Joao Félix and Luis Suárez.

: Diego Simeone.

Hours

: 16:00 (Argentine time).

TV

: ESPN 2.

Referee

: Michael Oliver (England).

Stadium

: Allianz Arena.