On December 7, the match of the last round of the Champions League group stage will take place, in which Portuguese Porto will play at home with Spanish Atletico. The forecast for this duel is given by journalist and analyst Alexander Vishnevsky.
Atletico looks terrifying this season, especially in home matches. Such degradation of the team can be attributed to the departure of the second coach of Burgas, who for many years was the right hand of Diego Simeone. The last match with Mallorca was a real nightmare – the "matrasniki" led 1-0, but in the end they conceded two goals, left with nothing. It is clear that Madrid wanted to save their strength for the match in Porto, but they paid for it.
In the last round of the Champions League, Atletico also made a mistake, playing at home for a draw with Milan, but also missed a goal in the end, which is why it now risks being left without a European Cup spring at all if it does not win in Portugal. Porto, thanks to that meeting, came out on a clean second place in the group, and now everything is in the hands of Sergio Conceicau's team.
The Dragons scored a very good move in the domestic arena, being on a series of eight wins in a row. On their own field in the current championship, they did not lose points at all. But it is worth paying attention to the fact that the Conceicau team conceded more goals than competitors Sporting and Benfica. Porto's defense is also weakened by the injury of veteran Pepe. Although Atletico also had problems with defense – Savic broke down in the match with Mallorca.
Alexander Vishnevsky believes that experienced European Cup fighters from Diego Simeone's team will be able to show character in this fight, and at least they will not lose. In terms of the level of players, with all due respect to Porto, Madrid are superior to the opponent. The match itself should be quite effective, given the above personnel problems. The expert also puts on goals specifically in the second half, when one of the teams in any case will have to take risks and open up.
