Feyenoord-Atletico Madrid is a match from the fifth day of the Champions League group stage and is played Tuesday at 9 p.m.: TV, predictions.
Anything can still happen within Group E, in which only Celtic now seems to be out of the running for the top two spots and thus for a pass to the round of 16. Qualification is being contested by Atletico Madrid – first on 8 points – Lazio and Feyenoord, who have one and two less than the Madrilenos, respectively. But while Sarri’s Biancocelesti have a great chance to take the top spot, hosting the Scots – last with one point – at the Stadio Olimpico, what will be staged a few hours later in Rotterdam has all the air of an inside or outside challenge.
Rischia Diego Simeone’s team, which already in the previous edition was eliminated by surprise in a frantic last day of the group stage, but the pressure is all on the shoulders of the Dutch, who are obliged to win after a narrow defeat against Lazio (1-0), pierced by a Ciro Immobile goal. Arne Slot’s men in the De Kuip bowl have an extra gear. And it is no coincidence that they won both matches played in front of their home crowd, beating both Celtic and Lazio decisively. Feyenoord also performed well in Madrid in the first leg match, although they returned home empty-handed. Leading twice in the first half, they were caught up by the Colchoneros and finally even overturned by a Morata goal early in the second half (3-2).
Atletico still winless on the road
Atletico will have to be very careful, not least because they have yet to win on the road: only two draws for Griezmann and co. between Roma and Glasgow.
(Timber , IlVeggente.it (Ansa)
In any case, Simeone’s men are not doing badly at all. They have won their last three games, first overwhelming Celtic with goals at the Metropolitano (6-0) and then overcoming two tough opponents in La Liga such as Villarreal and Mallorca: against the Balearic club Griezmann decided it (1-0). Double success also for Feyenoord after the defeat in Rome. First Az Alkmaar and then Excelsior were forced to surrender to the red and white of Slot.
The Prediction
A win in Rotterdam would allow Atletico Madrid to celebrate a berth in the next round with a day to spare, but making a full haul in a notoriously hostile stadium like De Kuip will not be easy at all (Feyenoord have not lost at home in sixteen games). The feeling is that the Colchoneros might even settle for a point, limiting themselves to defending and playing on the remittance. Likely, as in the first leg, they will both score.
Feyenoord-Atletico Madrid
likely lineups.
FEYENOORD (4-2-3-1): Bijlow; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Wieffer, Timber; Paixão, Stengs, Ivanušec; Giménez.
ATLETICO MADRID (5-3-2): Oblak; Lino, Hermoso, Witsel, Savić, Molina; Saúl Ñíguez, Koke, Marcos Llorente; Griezmann, Morata.
