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Bola.com, London – Chelsea will host Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the last 16 of the 2020/2021 Champions League, Thursday (18/3/2021) early morning WIB. This match can be watched live streaming at Vidio.
Although Chelsea winning the first leg, Atletico’s chance to give a surprise and qualify for the quarter-finals is still open.
The first leg was held at a neutral venue (Arena National, Bucharest, Romania) in line with entry restrictions imposed by several countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a guest team, Chelsea beat Atletico 1-0 through Olivier Giroud’s single goal in 68 minutes. Atletico, which has top strikers like Joao Felix and Luis Suarez, was unable to dismantle their opponents’ defenses.
Atletico are arguably quite disadvantaged because they cannot serve Chelsea at the Estadio Metropolitano, their own home. What’s more, the second leg will not return to a neutral place, but at home to the opponent, Stamford Bridge.
Even so, Atletico don’t need to think about it too much. They just need to focus on beating Chelsea and overturning the aggregate deficit. Can Diego Simeone’s men do it?
Beating Chelsea will not be easy. The Blues are unbeaten in 12 matches in all competitions with new coach Thomas Tuchel, who was appointed to replace Frank Lampard since 26 January 2021. They won 8 times (W8 D4 L0), scored a total of 13 goals and conceded only two.
However, one drawback of Tuchel’s Chelsea concoction is that they have a little trouble scoring goals against the opponent’s goal. In addition, Chelsea will also be without Jorginho and Mason Mount, who were hit by yellow card accumulation, and that could have a negative impact on them.
If Atletico Madrid is able to dismantle the defense Chelsea, then their chance to turn things around will be open. If not, then Los Colchoneros should be ready to be eliminated in the last 16.
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