After the opening victory against Porto, Atletico Madrid suffered defeats in the next two matches. In the second round, Bayer was more successful in Germany, and then Bruges defeated Diego Simeone's team. The Madrid players were keen to take revenge on the Belgians in Madrid, but despite 21 shots on goal for the guests, the match ended 0-0. Nevertheless, Atletico played a good game against Betis the previous weekend and celebrated in Seville and thus raising the mood before the decisive matches in the Champions League, and against Bayer, only a victory leaves hope for the round of 16. Pharmacists, even with the new coach Xabi Alonso, do not manage to make a continuity of good games. The previous weekend they played 2-2 with Wolfsburg in a match where they hit the crossbar, missed a penalty, and scored an own goal, roughly summing up Bayer's season so far. In the Champions League, they only beat Atletico in Germany and are in last place in the table with three points, but a win tonight guarantees them to stay in the fight for the remaining place in the round of 16 from the group. After the many injury problems that Diego Simeone had to deal with, the situation seems to be slowly improving at Atletico, as only Thomas Lemar, Koke, and Marcos Llorente are out, and there are no new injured players, so Simeone can without many of a headache, he assembles the team for today's duel. Atletico needs to win, they have an experienced team, and I believe they will find a way, like always to outscore their opponents. Antoine Griezmann is in fantastic form and he could be a man of the match.