Metropolis and Atleti had by no means met competitively till the 2021/22 season.
The 2 sides had averted one another till being paired for a Champions League quarter-final over two legs.
It was 5 April when Diego Simeone introduced his disciplined outfit the Etihad, trying to take a optimistic consequence again to the Spanish capital.
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In a struggle of attrition, the Blues largely dominated nevertheless it wasn’t till the Seventieth-minute that broke the impasse, latching on to ’s pleasant threaded move earlier than putting a low angled shot previous the keeper with what could be the one purpose of the sport.
Atleti felt they had been very a lot within the tie and assured they might overturn a 1-0 deficit on the Estadio Metropolitano, however they might tackle a really totally different – one ready to dig in and scrap in what was an intense bodily battle.
There had been 5 bookings within the first leg shared between the groups – there was eight within the second leg, together with a purple card for Felipe in an ill-tempered finish to the sport.
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However Metropolis stood agency, held Atleti 0-0 and received a semi-final berth with Atleti’s bitter rivals .
A mixed 117,000 followers watched the sport in Manchester and Madrid, with the Blues’ stoic show main many to assume Pep Guardiola’s facet had all of the attributes to develop into champions for the primary time – nevertheless it wasn’t to be and Metropolis must wait one other 12 months to be topped champions of Europe.
The one different assembly of the trendy period got here simply over 15 months later throughout our 2023 Asian tour.
This time, Atleti took the honours, beating the Blues 2-1 in Seoul with objectives from and rendering ’ late purpose little greater than a comfort.
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The match was watched by 64,165 followers within the Seoul World Cup Stadium – the identical venue the 2 golf equipment will meet for a fourth time on 9 August – our last sport earlier than the brand new marketing campaign begins with the FA Group Defend conflict towards on the Principality Stadium in Cardiff per week later.
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We begin in Hong Kong towards Italian champions on Saturday 1 August, with kick-off at 12:30 (UK).
After that, we go to Seoul to play a Okay League All-Stars facet on Wednesday 5 August after which on Sunday 9 August.
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