Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge. With Tuchel, Chelsea are playing very restrained and pragmatic football, but at the same time result-oriented. Of the last 12 matches, only two of the team missed, it seems, with Sheffield and with Southampton. In general, in the return game, you can hardly expect a feast of spirit and super-productive football.
Simeone, yes, is a proven league fighter, plus Atletico is now in charge of the Spanish championship. But Madrid have problems in the game, and the match with Getafe showed it. Little has been created, little has been invented. On the eve of the match against Chelsea, it was the best test of Atletico, because Chelsea play as reliably in defense as Getafe.
To some extent, Chelsea will try to protect the result of the first match. There will be no Mount, and this is a loss. There will be no Jorginho — this is also a problem. But there are resources, thanks to which Thomas Tuchel can come up with something.
At Atletico, everyone is alive and well and ready to take part in this match. Madrid need to take risks, on the one hand, but if Chelsea suddenly score, then Atletico need to score at least two. And to score so many goals against a Chelsea side that almost never concedes is, in fact, an impossible task.
Here, too, Atletico must keep a zero at their goal, here, too, Chelsea must keep in mind the result of the first match. Therefore, it is unlikely that something supernatural should be expected from this game. I think that it will be boring and slow again. In the first match, Chelsea liked it better, let's see what has changed in three weeks. I think there will be a bottom.
The total is less than 2.5 balls for 1.60.