Atletico Madrid have a 2-1 benefit over Borussia Dortmund heading into the second leg conflict of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday night time with a possible matchup with La Liga rivals Barcelona awaiting them within the subsequent spherical.
Diego Simeone’s facet have been very spectacular for 45 minutes of the primary leg final week in Madrid and will have the tie put to mattress. Nevertheless, Sebastien Haller pulled a purpose again late on for Dortmund to maintain the Bundesliga facet’s Champions League goals alive.
Atletico have work to do in Germany tonight to advance to the subsequent spherical and are available into the sport off the again of a fantastic 3-1 win on the weekend over Girona.
Simeone performed a powerful group on Saturday however has made 5 modifications for Tuesday night time’s sport in Dortmund with Savic, Reinildo, Saul, Riquelme and Correa being changed by Witsel, Gimenez, Azpilicueta, Llorente and Morata.
Confirmed Atletico Madrid group information
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As for Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga side will have gained confidence from their late goal last week and the home crowd will do their best to help them advance to the semi-finals.
Edin Terzic’s team have been up and down this season but had a good win at the weekend beating Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 away from home.
The Dortmund coach has also made five changes from that winning team with Sule, Wolf, Ozcan, Bynoe-Gittens and Haller losing their places to Hummels, Ryerson, Can, Sancho and Fullkrug.
Confirmed Borussia Dortmund team news
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