On October 19, the match of the third round of the Champions League group stage will take place, in which Spanish Atletico will play at home with English Liverpool. The forecast for this duel is given by the journalist Alexander Vishnevsky.
The teams are in unequal conditions, as Atletico did not play in the national championship this weekend. The reason for this was the too late matches of the national teams in the CONCACAF zone, and the "mattress" Latin American "collections" abound. On the one hand, this should benefit Diego Simeone's team, since the players have more time to recover and prepare for the next opponent, although practice shows that this practically does not bring benefits. At least before the first round of the Champions League, three Spanish teams were in the same conditions, but they all played very poorly, and not with top opponents.
Liverpool also have problems with the South American "collections" – Alisson and Fabinho could not play this weekend, and even have to be outside the UK due to quarantine restrictions for ten days. From their homeland, they flew straight to Madrid, where they were waiting for their team. Without them, the Merseysiders had a great time in the Premier League, defeating Watford away (5-0).
Although it is unlikely to repeat the scoring success with the hornets in Madrid, given that Atletico practically does not miss at home, always differing in the stability of the game in defense. If we recall the last match between these teams at the "Wanda Metropolitano– - "matrasniki" won with their favorite score 1:0.
Alexander Vishnevsky expresses confidence that Diego Simeone's team will not lose this match. Liverpool do not need to go out of their way to win in Madrid, because they are confidently leading the group, breaking away from Porto and Milan by 5 and 6 points, respectively. And next weekend, the Reds will play the most important match in the Premier League with Manchester United, which they also need to save their strength for, given the very tight championship race. So the Merseysiders will quite agree with a draw here, and even a defeat will not be a tragedy.