Europa League Sporting vs Atletico de Madrid 12 April 2018

Sporting vs Atletico de Madrid – Europa League:

Second leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa League in the Iberian clash that put in opposition Atletico Madrid to Sporting

And that in the first hand was unrolled, with Atletico winning 2-0, and after that game, chaos settled in the Portuguese club.

The story of this match focuses on two very strong facts in my vision:

1) The tactical and individual power of Atlético, a team that is tactically almost perfect, and knows how to defend like no other can do, thanks to the ideas of coach Juan Pablo Simeone.

Adding to these capabilities, we have yet to join the individual qualities like Griezzman, Diego Costa and his goalkeeper Oblak.

Last weekend, Atletico went to the field of Real to draw 1, leaving Ronaldo’s team to 4 points, thus being a great step towards the second place in the championship.
2) Sporting is experiencing one of the worst moments of its history with a huge crisis between the president and the squad.

Everything happened after the game in Madrid, with the president pointing out mistakes to some players who played in Madrid, and showing that others turned yellow deliberately not to play the second hand (Coentrão and Bas Dost).

After this comment of the president, the players revolted and acted publicly against the leader of the club, having this one suspended the players, having even been posed the possibility of Sporting acting with team B against Paços de Ferreira.

Everything was “solved” and played the main team, but the tension remains installed, making supporters pressure for the president to resign, and thus it is impossible to work, let alone opposition to a team like Atletico who will certainly know to take advantage these events.

Prediction Sporting vs Atletico de Madrid:

Matreirice and tactical technical quality on the one hand, suspicion, restlessness and tension on the other, all the ingredients for Atletico to win again, and it is precisely in that bet that I continue, seeing a lot of value: