In the framework of the seventh round of the Champions League, Atlético de Madrid, a team that includes Julián Álvarez, Rodrigo De Paul, and Nahuel Molina, faces Bayer Leverkusen of Exequiel Palacios. The match will take place this Tuesday at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium starting at 5 PM Argentina time.
The game will be broadcast in Argentina through Fox Sports and the Disney+ platform. With a one-point difference in the standings, the team led by Diego Simeone is in the final stage zone, while the German team is in the direct qualification zone.
The possible lineups for this match are as follows:
Atlético de Madrid: Jan Oblak; José María Giménez, Marcos Llorente, Clement Lenglet, Javi Galán; Rodrigo De Paul, Pablo Barrios, Samu Lino, Giuliano Simeone; Antoine Griezmann, Julián Álvarez.
Bayer Leverkusen: Matej Kovář; Nordi Mukiele, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, and Piero Hincapié; Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, and Alejandro Grimaldo; Nathan Tella.
In addition to the broadcast on Fox Sports and Disney+, the match can be followed on digital media such as Flow, Directv Go, and Telecentro Play.
For this edition of the Champions League, UEFA implemented a new format in which 36 teams participate in a league phase. All teams will play eight matches, half of them at home and the rest away. At the end of this phase, the top eight teams will qualify directly for the knockout stage, while the teams ranked ninth to twenty-fourth will compete in a playoff round to determine the last eight qualifiers. Teams finishing in positions 25 and below will be eliminated.
We expect an exciting match between Atlético de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen in this new phase of the Champions League.
