Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Man City
Match Time & Date:
05/04/2022
20:00
Prediction: 3-1
Atletico Madrid
Manchester City play host to Atletico Madrid at their Etihad Stadium in the Champions League quarter-finals, first leg. The Citizens are still in a two-horse race with Liverpool in the Premier League, but they want to go all the way in the elite competition as well. Pep Guardiola’s men head into the match following a routine 2-0 win over Burnley, and they are seen as favourites to beat Atletico Madrid as well. Ruben Dias remains in the recovery room, but there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Los Rojiblancos, on the other hand, set up a meeting with Man City by beating their local rivals Man Utd in the double-header. Diego Simeone’s troops, though, will have a much bigger fish to fry against Kevin de Bruyne and Co. and we do not believe that they are capable of shocking the Citizens at Etihad. As for the away side, Hector Herrera misses out with injury, while Jose Gimenez is a major doubt.
Highlighted Player (Nathan Ake):
Ake is a professional footballer who plays for the Dutch National Team and AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League. The versatile defender who was born on the 18th of February, 1995, started his youth career in 2003 with local club ADO Den Haag. He then moved to Feyenoord in 2007 before joining Chelsea's youth academy four years later.
Ake made his first professional appearance at the age of 17, playing for the Blues in a 0-1 away victory against Norwich on the 26th of December, 2012. Barring a few starts and substitute appearances, Ake spent his next few years at Chelsea mostly in the reserves before being sent out on a one month loan to Reading in 2015. Upon his return, he immediately joined Watford on a season-long loan where his displays earned him the Watford's young player of the season award. Another successful loan spell at Bournemouth succeeded his time at Watford before Chelsea recalled him in January 2017.
At the start of the 17/18 season, the 24-year-old rejoined his current club Bournemouth permanently on a five-year contract worth 20 million pounds. On the International stage, Ake has represented the Netherlands at every youth level and has even captained the under-17 and under-19 sides. He made his first senior appearance on the 31st of May, 2017, featuring in Hollands 2-1 friendly win over Morocco.
Highlighted Team (Atletico Madrid):
Atletico Madrid are a Spanish team that plays in Primera Division (La Liga). Los Rojiblancos or los Colchoneros play their home matches at Estadio Vicente Calderon, which holds up to 54,960 spectators. Atletico Madrid have won 10 La Liga titles, but they have yet to lift the European Cup (Champions League) trophy.
Los Rojiblancos have won 10 Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) trophies and it has to be noted that they defeated their bitter local rivals Real Madrid in the 2012/2013 Spanish Cup final. The rivalry between the two capital clubs is pretty big and El Madrileno is regarded as one of the most exciting derbies in the world football.
Atletico Madrid played two Champions League finals under Diego Simeone, but they failed to beat Real Madrid in the title games (2013/2014 and 2015/2016). However, the Argentine tactician helped Atletico Madrid win the La Liga trophy in 2014 and, no doubt, he is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the capital club.
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