In the middle of this week, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will continue, and there will be four remaining matches, one of which will be played by Manchester United away to Atletico Madrid, and the match will start at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 24, and CCTV has not arranged live broadcasting.
In the previous group stage, Manchester United was divided into Group F, and finally relied on the excellent performance of C Ronaldo to break the goal for 5 consecutive games, locked the first place in the group in the early round, successfully qualified, Atletico was divided into Group B, and the last round staged a counterattack, rising from the bottom to the second miracle.
Originally the first draw in the round of 16, Manchester United drew to Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico madrid encountered Bayern, Atletico Madrid was dissatisfied with the UEFA draw, and finally after the re-draw, C Ronaldo did not have the opportunity to play against Messi, and met Atletico Under Simeone.
Compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's many games against Atletico Madrid in the past 10 years, Manchester United have met this La Liga giants relatively rarely. According to statistics, the last time Manchester United played against Atletico Was the European Cup Winners' Cup in November 1991, when Manchester United lost 0-3 away, returned to the home 1-1 draw, the total score was 1-4 eliminated by Atletico, and since then the two teams have not played each other, and the Red Devils have finally ushered in a chance for revenge after 31 years.
Both teams are currently competing for fourth place in their respective leagues and hope to continue to compete in the champions league for the new season, and both teams have won last weekend.
In the first leg, Manchester United played away, and only C Ronaldo was most familiar with Atletico. According to statistics, C Ronaldo represented Real Madrid and Juve in the Champions League knockout rounds, a total of 5 encounters with Atletico, the most classic competition is the 2014 Champions League final, the 2016 Champions League final, the 2019 Champions League 1/8 final second leg, the Portuguese superstars have helped the team to advance, so C Ronaldo is the nemesis of Atletico and Simeone.
Manchester United's overall strength is similar to Atletico Madrid, no one has an absolute advantage, and now having Ronaldo is a big confidence for Manchester United. Last weekend in the Premier League, C Ronaldo started until the second half, and was replaced by manager Ronnick in advance, with the intention of staying in the Champions League knockout rounds in advance, after all, he is a 37-year-old veteran.
Next, Ronaldo away to Atletico Madrid, as long as the goal can be completed 3 records, the first is the first time in the United career that 6 consecutive Champions League games have scored, the second is to break the Champions League record, has scored 139 goals, 13 goals ahead of the second-ranked Messi, the third is to become the first player in the history of the Champions League who scored 6 consecutive games above the age of 30.