“His time at Real Madrid was incredible – also at Schalke what he did for the club was superb”.
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Wolfsburg are winless in their past three Bundesliga matches, losing two of those to languishing in eighth position and seven points adrift of the Champions League places. Per WhoScored.com, they’ve since beaten FC Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0, and neither side has done particularly well in the Bundesliga this season. “Schalke put Real Madrid in big trouble in the second leg”. “I’m really excited and hopeful that we can win the tie”.
Champions League 2016 Quarter-final Live Score; Football Match Preview – 5th April – ATK v FCB: We are into the quarter finals of the Champions League and today we have the first quarter-final as Barca hosts Atletico M at the Camp Nou for the tie.
It’s not the first time Messi’s finances have hit the headlines but the latest stories come with the release of the Panama Papers, which have revealed the financial arrangements of powerful figures from around the world.
“When I see a team that is united and all together, with everyone fighting for their team mates and for their coach, there’s nothing better”.
Wolfsburg have plenty of respect for Real Madrid but do not fear their Champions League showdown, coach Dieter Hecking says.
At their most recent training session Real Madrid’s French defender Rafael Varane was the only player still recovering from an injury, and he is a doubt for the clash with Wolfsburg.
“I spoke to him before the game and that’s why he only played 60 minutes – he will play on Tuesday against Barcelona, ” said Simeone in a press conference”.
Enrique also acknowledged the threat Atletico posed his side, saying, “They are a hard team, Atletico are top – with a clear philosophy of play”, he said.
Consequently, anything other than a victory for Barcelona will inevitably lead to people questioning whether they are beginning to feel the weight of history, as they bid to secure unprecedented back-to-back trebles. In the last five games in the La Liga, the Rojiblancos showed four impressive performances scoring three goals against Valencia, Deportivo and Real Sociedad, and five in the last game against Real Betis.
Atletico Madrid are playing this stage of the competition for the third consecutive year and for a third consecutive time against Spanish opposition.
They looked exhausted and complacent, a problem that often afflicts teams who have won so much, though Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez had endured long trips back from global duty in South America. We want to get out there and get a good result.
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Simeone is under no illusion about the stern task that Barcelona pose, saying, “We have to prepare as well as possible to be able to reach our goal against them”.
