1 / 4-final place can be determined on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday because the hosts chase a comeback.
Where to watch on TV
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What you want to know
Dominic Solanke’s second-half end in Madrid decreased Atleti’s benefit from 4 targets to three, and whereas Spurs have an enormous quantity to do if they’re to salvage this tie, miraculous comebacks do happen in the Champions League. Moreover, Spurs have overwhelmed Atleti by a four-goal margin earlier than; 5-1 within the 1963 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup last in Rotterdam.
Diego Simeone’s facet will maybe be reminded of that scoreline within the run-up to kick-off, and minds may additionally wander again a brief distance to their final sport in London, after they lost 4-0 to Arsenal in this season’s league phase. A repeat of that consequence that might spell elimination if historical past repeats itself. Unlikely? Yes. Impossible? No.
Possible line-ups
Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Gray, Sarr; Tel, Simons, Kolo Muani; Solanke
Atleti: Musso; Pubill, Le Normand, Hancko, Ruggeri; Simeone, Llorente, Cardoso, Lookman; Griezmann, Alvarez
Form information
Tottenham
Form: DLLLL (most up-to-date consequence first)
Latest: Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham, 15/03, English Premier League
Atleti
Form: WWWLW
Latest: Atleti 1-0 Getafe, 14/03, Spanish Liga
Views from the camps
Igor Tudor, Tottenham coach: “It is difficult but not impossible. We need to stay in the game and focus on our strengths. Everything is still to play for, believing we can do it is the important thing from the start.”
Micky van de Ven, Tottenham defender: “It’s a beautiful game, we have nothing to lose. We want to do something special and we’re going to give everything to turn it around. We know it’s going to be difficult because we’re three goals down, but we’ll do everything we can. The guys showed some great character at the weekend against Liverpool and we can build on that.”
Diego Simeone, Atleti coach: “We pushed for positive things to happen [in the first leg], and they did. I think we could have been more decisive in the first half. We still have another game ahead of us where we’ll have to suffer, as in all matches in Europe. We need to play the game where it is. There’s a three-goal difference; we need to win, and the best way to do that is to score first and put them in a more uncomfortable position.”
Marcos Llorente, Atleti midfielder: “Before [the first leg], we would all have taken scoring five goals in the Champions League, which is no easy feat. We leave with mixed feelings after conceding two, but we have a good advantage heading into the second leg.”
Reporter’s view
Alex Milne, match reporter
A battling draw away at Liverpool on the weekend ought to present Tottenham with a much-needed confidence enhance as they ended a run of six consecutive defeats in all competitions. The incontrovertible fact that they’re nonetheless on this tie in any respect after going 4-0 down inside 22 minutes within the first leg means Tudor’s facet can see this as a free hit, and with an early purpose you simply by no means know. Atleti, although, are in high-quality type, with six wins of their final seven video games, and they’ll look to do what no facet have managed in Spurs’ final 24 European video games at dwelling and win on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to seal their quarter-final place.
