Europa League champions Atletico Madrid have a match away to Rosenborg tonight. Victory will be vital for Atleti, but will they be focus enough to get it with El Derbi being just three days away?
Atletico Madrid are in Group B in the Europa League, where each of the four contenders have a very good chance of qualifying for the next round of the competition. Between the leaders Bayer Leverkusen and the bottom side Rosenborg BK, there are only 2 points whereas Atletico Madrid share the middle zone with Aris as both sides have 4 points from 3 matches.
A fortnight ago, the tournament’s titleholders secured an important 3-0 victory over Rosenborg in Spain to bounce back from their two previous disappointing results. Atletico Madrid are poised to complete the double over their counterparts in Norway on Thursday night, but their agenda could play a trick against them.
This weekend, they will have to face local rivals Real Madrid in what will be a crucial match as El Derby always is. Atletico Madrid’s pre-match talks concerning this weekend’s match against Los Blancos are already grabbing the headlines in Spain whereas the public seems to have lost its focus on tonight’s Europa League encounter against Rosenborg.
Striker Sergio Aguero, defender Alvaro Dominguez and coach Quique Sanchez Flores have all shared their thoughts ahead of the Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid match. Now although goalkeeper David de Gea admitted his head was thinking about El Derby too, he was conscientious enough to remind his team mates about Thursday night’s Europa League game against Rosenborg during an interview with reporters.
“Winning at the Bernabeu [this weekend] would be a very big prize for the team as we are working hard and well.
“We’ll play [against Real Madrid] to the death to win. But first, we must beat Rosenborg [on Thursday]. This will help us to be more relaxed in the Europa League.”
Are Atletico Madrid wrong to view tonight’s Europa League match against Rosenborg as a rehearsal for Sunday’s La Liga derby away to Real Madrid? Group B’s statistics explain that Atletico could go on top of the table with a win just as much as they could occupy its bottom should they suffer an upset in Norway tonight.
A fortnight ago, the tournament’s titleholders secured an important 3-0 victory over Rosenborg in Spain to bounce back from their two previous disappointing results. Atletico Madrid are poised to complete the double over their counterparts in Norway on Thursday night, but their agenda could play a trick against them.
This weekend, they will have to face local rivals Real Madrid in what will be a crucial match as El Derby always is. Atletico Madrid’s pre-match talks concerning this weekend’s match against Los Blancos are already grabbing the headlines in Spain whereas the public seems to have lost its focus on tonight’s Europa League encounter against Rosenborg.
Striker Sergio Aguero, defender Alvaro Dominguez and coach Quique Sanchez Flores have all shared their thoughts ahead of the Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid match. Now although goalkeeper David de Gea admitted his head was thinking about El Derby too, he was conscientious enough to remind his team mates about Thursday night’s Europa League game against Rosenborg during an interview with reporters.
“Winning at the Bernabeu [this weekend] would be a very big prize for the team as we are working hard and well.
“We’ll play [against Real Madrid] to the death to win. But first, we must beat Rosenborg [on Thursday]. This will help us to be more relaxed in the Europa League.”
Are Atletico Madrid wrong to view tonight’s Europa League match against Rosenborg as a rehearsal for Sunday’s La Liga derby away to Real Madrid? Group B’s statistics explain that Atletico could go on top of the table with a win just as much as they could occupy its bottom should they suffer an upset in Norway tonight.
