Simeone expects ‘vibrant’ Calderon

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone says he is anticipating a vibrant atmosphere at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday night.

Los Rojiblancos are attempting to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their Champions League Last 16 fixture with Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentine is hoping the notoriously passionate Atleti fans can turn the tie in their favour.

“I want to see the Calderon at its best – noisy and pushing us on to do what we have to do,” Simeone told a Press conference.

“I hope the stadium doesn’t stop for even one minute and our aim is to win the game. If we don’t concede and don’t score we are out.

“We’ll have to break quickly as soon as they lose the ball because that will be the key to attacking them. They know how to close off all routes to goal if you hesitate and that’s what happened to us in Germany.

“They stopped us going forward and they could cause us problems if we don’t break quickly.”

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