Europa League Atletico de Madrid vs Sporting 5 April 2018

Atletico de Madrid vs Sporting – Europa League:

The Metropolitan Wanda will be the stage of the meeting between Atletico de Madrid and Sporting

Making the lions the first Portuguese team to visit the new stadium of the mattresses. The draw was not a friend for Sporting, putting him on the way the strongest team in competition in the Europa League, but the hopes of the green and white are also difficult. In the current season, it was in the games where it would be less likely to succeed, against Juventus and Barcelona, that Sporting de Jorge Jesus was more tactically effective, managing to contain the superiority of the rivals.

Now, in a tie, he will try to do the same against Atletico.

Diego Simeone’s team have a less good season, with several players injured, and the Argentine coach will still have to wait until the day of the game to know what elements will count to receive Sporting.

That was no reason, however, for not getting a win against Deportivo, although the most important game of the week should be the visit to rival Real Madrid, next Sunday. The question of which competition will take precedence should be present in Simeone’s chess.

Prediction Atletico de Madrid vs Sporting:

For their part, Sporting lost in Braga and saw (once again?) Mortgaged the hopes of fighting for the national title, even if, in Liga NOS, things are far from being defined. This defeat ends up putting more focus on the game of the Europa League, for becoming more important for Sporting the possibility of reaching further in the European competition. In the expectation of seeing itself with a more compact and compact block, it is likely that Sporting will offer more ball to its opponent, seeking in moments of transition to be effective and to add a goal to a positive result and to leave everything open for the departure of Alvalade.