Atletico vs. Liverpool — UEFA Champions Round Of 16 2019–20 Season
Introduction
One of the most interesting and high-voltage champions league matches of the 19–20 season has to be between Atletico and Liverpool, especially the 2nd league at Anfield — The home ground of Liverpool. Yes, these kinds of matches excite us football fans because football games need to have that unpredictability. These matches still make us believe that a football match is not played on a piece of paper because as we know that Liverpool was clearly a better team than Atletico Madrid on paper.
The 1st leg results were clearly in favour of Liverpool as they won the game 0–1 on the home ground of Atletico Madrid. Nowadays, champions league football doesn’t have the rule of away goal advantage. But back then, this rule was very much active. So, after the 1st leg, the ball was on Atletico Madrid’s court. However, things completely took a 180-degree turn in the 2nd leg. So, in this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about this iconic round of 16 champions league between Atletico and Liverpool Match.
Overall Possession Over Two Legs
In terms of ball possession, Liverpool clearly had an upper hand over Atletico Madrid. In fact, according to statistics, the ball possession in 1st leg was 67% to Liverpool and 33% to Atletico Madrid. And in the second leg, Liverpool’s ball possession was around 64% and Atletico Madrid’s possession was around 36%. Over two legs, Liverpool was creating more chances on the field. In fact, most of time Atletico was maintaining a low line defence and sometimes the midfielders joined the defence line to make it more difficult for Liverpool to penetrate and score a goal.
Tactics Of The Managers
The managers of Atletico and Liverpool are quite different from each other in terms of footballing tactics. Jurgen Klopp — The manager of Liverpool, prefers beautiful football. His philosophy of football is more like possession-based, elegant passing, creating beautiful chances, and more. In fact, you can easily conclude Jurgen Klopp’s footballing philosophy as Joga Bonito. So, his tactics were high-pressing, and the defence was also maintaining a high line. We all know that high-pressing helps us to win back possession. And without having the ball on their feet, the opponent cannot create chances.
But, Diego Simeone — The manager of Atletico Madrid, had completely different tactics. See, you have to acknowledge the fact that Liverpool was a better team on papers with their world-class forwards, midfielders, and defenders. In short, that Liverpool team was full of superstars. However, in Atletico Madrid, the scenario was completely different. The team never had 11 superstars on the field, and Diego Simeone knew this. So, he implemented defensive tactics and will only go on the counterattack. Almost all the players in the team were busy defending and sitting back.
Author Bio
Here, the author enthusiastically talks about an iconic match that happened between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool over two legs in the 19–20 season of the Champions League. The author is a sports enthusiast and has numerous articles on various sports events. One of his most articles that he has written regarding backstage Boston Crusaders so check that out. Also, if you don’t want to miss out on such classic matches, book your tickets via the Celtic Horizon tour.
