Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid as it happened: Isco leaves Atleti with too much to do despite bright start

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Atletico Madrid have it all to do when they host rivals Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final tie, having suffered a 3-0 defeat at the Bernabeu last week.

The match kicks off at 7:45pm on Wednesday 10th May.

It will be shown live on BT Sport 2 with coverage starting at 7pm. Highlights will be shown at 00:00 midnight the same evening.

Diego Simeone’s hopes of ending his team’s miserable European record against their rivals were dealt a severe blow in the first-leg of this Champions League semi-final tie. Atletico’s opportunity to avenge their defeats at the hands of Real Madrid in two Champions League finals since 2014 are bleak after conceding three without registering an all-important away goal.

While this encounter looks likely to be the last ever European match played at Atletico’s Vicente Calderon stadium, they will be determined to give their supporters something to shout about by making amends for their poor display at the Bernabeu last week.

The Rojiblancos could not have looked further from their usual selves and were out-fought in all departments as Cristiano Ronaldo ran riot at the other end, scoring his 47th career hat trick.

Both sides come into the match on the back of domestic wins; however it is Zidane’s players in the better form, having won all four games since their 2-3 defeat in April’s El Clasico; scoring 15 goals in the process. Real are level on points with table topping Barcelona but have a game in hand, making them favourites for the league title and therefore may choose to rotate slightly, with Sunday’s visit of Sevilla in mind.

Atletico can line up at almost full strength, with no new injuries to contend with. Centre back Gimenez is still out, while both right-backs Juanfran and Vrsaljko will also miss out, leaving it down to Lucas Hernandez to fill in at right-back again.

Real Madrid will see Gareth Bale, who is expected to return to training next week, fall just short of a comeback, while Raphael Varane could be involved subject to tests this week. Dani Carvajal was forced off for the third time in his career against Atletico due to a suspected muscular problem and will not make the second leg.

Overturning the 0-3 deficit is a daunting task for the home side, who will need their fans to create a hostile atmosphere and their players to battle if the visitors are to slip up. It would be uncharacteristic for a Diego Simeone team to take such a defeat lying down, which makes for what will be an interesting game in the Spanish capital.

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Antoine Griezmann. While Atletico’s first leg performance as a whole was hugely disappointing, Griezmann has come in for extra criticism simply because he is the player they so heavily rely upon. Failure to even threaten to score an away goal leaves his side’s hopes of progression extremely slim and the Frenchman will need to produce something special to give Atletico even a glimmer of hope.

Between 2004 and 2013, there were red cards shown in half of the 22 Madrid derbies played.

Atletico Madrid beat their cross city rivals in two consecutive Liga meetings by a 3-1 scoreline in 1999

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Marcelo. Take a look at Real Madrid’s squad on paper and, even despite how highly rated Marcelo is, he may not be the first player you would consider as the difference maker. In a team which is littered with world class talent, the left-back is in fact instrumental to much of what Los Blancos do going forward, servicing his attackers effectively in wide positions with blistering pace and effective crosses.

He has also significantly improved as a defender as the seasons have passed and has become the ultimate all-rounder in his position.

Real Madrid 3 Atletico Madrid 0
Champions League, May 2017

Real Madrid 1 Atletico Madrid 1
La Liga, April 2017

​Atletico Madrid 0 Real Madrid 3
La Liga, November 2016

Atletico Madrid: WLWLW

Real Madrid: LWWWW

Atletico Madrid to win: 31/20

Real Madrid to win: 8/5

Draw: 49/20