CL Quarterfinals: Dortmund vs Atletico Madrid Match Analysis
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00:02 - It's definitely anyone's game.
00:04 I mean, that probably is the,
00:06 that is probably the most of the dead rubber
00:09 remaining ones that we have of the final eight.
00:12 These are two teams that are definitely great.
00:15 I mean, obviously they are in the final eight
00:17 of the Champions League.
00:18 They're here in the quarterfinal,
00:19 but they are not Real Madrid.
00:20 They are not Manchester City.
00:22 Neither of these teams really is even at the level
00:25 of being an Atletico, you know,
00:27 just like they're definitely second tier great teams.
00:31 And these historically have kind of been
00:33 the awesome quarterfinals and semifinals
00:36 when you are avoiding, you know,
00:38 when you are avoiding, you know,
00:40 $2 billion teams facing off against one another.
00:44 'Cause you also kind of get the sense during,
00:46 you know, during it,
00:47 that it just means a little bit more.
00:50 And I think what we're gonna see
00:52 is some very defensive football,
00:55 obviously to begin from both of the teams,
00:57 Borussia Dortmund has actually been playing
00:59 a back five recently.
01:01 So three center backs and then the two wing backs
01:03 with Ian Mattson, who was a recent transfer,
01:06 actually being one of kind of the decisive guys
01:08 in that two-legged tie versus PSV.
01:12 A little bit hard for me to call.
01:15 I think it's kind of just Madrid's year to me
01:19 in the sense that this is really the most free flowing
01:23 that Diego Simeone has ever let
01:25 this young group of guys play.
01:26 I mean, Antoine Griezmann is now 32 years old
01:30 and is really having the best season of his entire life,
01:33 you know, playing more in that role
01:34 like he plays with France,
01:36 a little bit more withdrawn
01:37 and playing behind Alvaro Morata.
01:39 And just in terms of top end talent,
01:43 you definitely have to say Madrid has that advantage
01:45 over Borussia Dortmund.
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