Soccer Football – Champions League – Quarter-Final – First Leg – Manchester City v Atletico Madrid – Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain – April 5, 2022 Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling in action with Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente and Koke REUTERS/Phil NobleAfter being defeated 1-0 in the first leg, Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid bet on The passion of his audience for this Wednesday to go for the comeback against Manchester City by Pep Guardiola, who won an important victory in the first leg but is still not assured of his place in the UEFA Champions League semifinals. Another clash of styles between both TDs will define a series that is still open.After resisting Guardiola’s offensive tactics during the visit to Etihad Stadium, Simeone’s men are now betting on the fervor of the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, where Atleti has never lost a single-elimination Champions League match, to try to leave out the 2021 finalist and enter the batch of the top four teams in the European competition for the first time in five years.Criticisms about their defensive stance matter little to the colchoneros, since with this formula the Madrid club reached two Champions League finals (2014, 2016) and won the Europa League twice (2012, 2018) under Simeone.Cholo Simeone vuelve a cruzarse con Pep Guardiola para definir una eliminatoria ajustada en la Champions League (Foto: REUTERS)REUTERSHowever, part — at least 5,000 seats — of the Madrid stadium will be closed by a decision of UEFA, which sanctioned the club on Monday due to the “discriminatory behavior” of some Spanish fans. A video released by the sports newspaper MARCA shows red and white fans making a Nazi salute in the first leg that was played in English territory.However, the atmosphere of Atletico Madrid’s noisy stadium should not be affected to host a Manchester City that comes from a draw in the English league against Liverpool (2-2) in a key match in the Premier League leadership fight; while Atleti fell 1-0 on their visit to Mallorca.Atlético is expected to remain faithful to the defensive tightness of the first leg and to bet on counterattacks to try to turn the result around. Simeone will seek to touch the chord with his players to go in search of another comeback, just as he did this season in the league against Valencia (3-2) or Getafe (4-3).Another precedent you can look at is that of 2016, in the Champions League quarterfinals against Barça de Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez, who were defending the title of European champion. That time, the Colchoneros lost 2-1 in the first leg, but then won 2-0 on the second leg and went to the semifinals.Probable formations:Atletico Madrid: Oblak – Vrsaljko, Savic, Felipe, Reinildo, Carrasco – Llorente, Kondogbia, Koke – Correa, Joao Felix. DT: Diego SimeoneManchester City: Ederson – Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo – Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne – Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling. DT: Pep GuardiolaReferee: Daniel SiebertEstadio: Who MetropolitanoTime: 20:00 CET/19:00 GMT16:00 Argentina and Uruguay15:00 Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela14:00 Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico CityTV: Fox SportsKEEP READING:Villarreal achieved a historic feat: they eliminated Bayern Munich and will play the Champions League semifinalIn a goal-ridden series, Real Madrid eliminated Chelsea and is a Champions League semifinalist