Although after the draw it seemed that Atletico would advance further with Porto, Club Brugge and Leverkusen would be the ones fighting for passage, the situation is completely reversed. After 5 played rounds, Porto is already guaranteed the knockout stage and is in 2nd place with 9 points won, while Atletico to everyone's surprise, is 3rd with 5 points and fighting for spring in the Europa League. After a poor start and 2 defeats in the opening rounds against Atletico and Club Brugge, Porto looked like a team that could not go further, but Sergio Conceicao's men recorded 3 consecutive victories with a goal difference of 8-0. They defeated Leverkusen two times in a row, while in the last round they beat Club Brugge, who had not conceded a goal in the Champions League until that moment, with as much as 4-0. Taremi scored two goals, while Evanilson and Eustaquio added one each. With that victory, the "Dragons" secured 2nd place and returned to the knockout stage of the Champions League after skipping it last season, and if the dice match, they can even finish the group stage in the first place.

As for Atletico, this is surely one of their worst seasons in Europe's most elite competition. Having not changed much from the team that was barely eliminated by Manchester City in the quarter-finals last year, Madrid expected another solid edition, but the complete opposite happened. After the opening victory against Porto, Atletico recorded 2 defeats and 2 draws and have no chance of passing further, and they are fighting with Bayer from Leverkusen, who have one point less for the 3rd place and placement in the Europa League. The last chance for placement they were in the knockout phase in the last round when they came back from a deficit against Bayer twice on their own field, and in stoppage time Yanick Carrasco's penalty was saved by Hradecky, then Saul hit the crossbar with his head, and there was every chance disappeared for next round. The home team will be without Pepe and Joao Mario, who is absent due to injury, and the suspended Uribe and Carmo will not be there either. The guests will not have Koke, Lemar, and Llorente at their disposal. I expect a tough game here, both teams will wait for their chance from counter-attack or set-pieces. Cholo Simeone knows how to play this type of game, and he can count on a lot of players who were injured in previous weeks.

Despite this being a very tough game to predict, I will go with +0 on Atletico as they are like a wounded lion and it's a matter of time when will they start winning.

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虽然在平局后，马竞似乎将与波尔图一起进一步晋级，布鲁日俱乐部和勒沃库森将为出线而战，但情况完全逆转了。经过5轮比赛后，波尔图已经确定进入淘汰赛，积9分排名第2，而马竞出乎所有人的意料，积5分排名第3，在欧联杯中为春天而战。波尔图开局不佳，首轮两败马竞和布鲁日俱乐部，看上去已经走不动了，但塞尔吉奥·孔塞西科奥的球队以8比0的净胜球取得了3连胜。他们连续两场击败勒沃库森，而在上一轮比赛中，他们以4-0的比分击败了布鲁日俱乐部，后者在那一刻之前还没有在欧冠赛场丢过球。塔雷米打进两球，伊万尼森和尤斯塔基奥各进一球。凭借这场胜利，“龙之队”锁定了第二名的位置，并在上赛季跳过欧冠淘汰赛后重返欧冠淘汰赛，如果骰子匹配，他们甚至可以以小组第一的身份出线。

对于马竞来说，这无疑是他们在欧洲最顶级的比赛中表现最差的一个赛季。与去年在1 / 4决赛中被曼城(Manchester City)勉强淘汰的球队相比，马德里没有太大的变化，他们期待着又一届强劲的联赛，但完全相反的情况发生了。在首场战胜波尔图之后，马竞创下了2负2平的记录，已经没有机会再出线了，他们正在与来自勒沃库森的拜耳进行竞争，拜耳落后1分，争夺欧联杯第3的位置。最后一次出线机会是在上一轮的淘汰赛阶段，当时他们在自己的场地上两度落后于拜耳，补时阶段卡拉斯科的点球被赫拉迪基扑出，然后索尔用头球击中横梁，下一轮的所有机会都消失了。主队将没有佩佩和因伤缺席的若昂·马里奥，停赛的乌里韦和卡尔莫也将缺席。科克，勒玛尔和略伦特不会任客人支配。我预计这将是一场艰苦的比赛，两支球队都在等待反击和定位球的机会。西蒙尼知道如何踢这种类型的比赛，他可以依靠很多在前几周受伤的球员。

尽管这是一场很难预测的比赛，我还是会给马竞打+0，因为他们就像一头受伤的狮子，他们什么时候能开始赢球只是时间问题。