Atletico need historic result in Champions League semi-final

                Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid

           Estadio Vicente Calderón - Madrid 10/05/2017

                                Semi-finals , 2nd leg 


    
    No team has ever overturned a 3-0 first-leg away defeat in the Champions League knockout stages in five previous attempts, although Barcelona did manage the biggest ever comeback this season by eliminating PSG 6-5 on aggregate after a 4-0 first-leg defeat.

The Madrid derby will also have added emotion for the home side as they play their last-ever European match at the Vicente Calderon before moving to the state-of-the-art Wanda Metropolitano next term.
Real Madrid will be aiming for their 15th appearance in a European Cup or Champions League final after Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick last Tuesday saw them take control of the semi-final tie.

                           Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the first leg last week

Manager Zinedine Zidane has urged his players to maintain their focus to seal Real's spot in the Cardiff final against Juventus on June 3, and says they will not be changing their style heading into the game.
Zidane is expected to recall his key men having made sweeping changes against Granada, switching nine players for the La Liga trip, with the likes of Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric among the players likely to come back in.


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