Atletico vs Inter Prediction, Simeone's magic is tested by the Nerazzurri

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – The round of 16 of the 2023-2024 Champions League will continue with the second leg of Atletico Madrid vs Inter Milan at the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid, Thursday (14/3/2024) early morning WIB.

In the first leg match, Inter managed to beat Atletico through the only goal from the Austrian striker, Marko Arnautovic. In the Atletico vs Inter match, the home side must win by a minimum difference of two goals in order to get a ticket to the quarter-finals. On the other hand, I Nerazzurri just need to draw.

Los Rojiblancos' efforts to achieve victory with a two-goal margin was not an easy matter. Moreover, Inter came with a strong performance in domestic competitions.

Since the turn of 2024, Inter has swept 10 matches in the 2023-2024 Serie A with a win. Simone Inzaghi's troops are also at the top of the standings, as well as the sharpest and strongest team in the Italian League so far with a score of 70 goals and only conceding 15 times in 28 matches. Inter are also unbeaten in their last 13 matches in all competitions.

Different fate from Inter, Atletico is inconsistent and unable to compete with Barcelona, ​​Girona and Real Madrid in LaLiga or the Spanish League 2023-2024. Atletico is also struggling in fourth place.

Even so, Atletico can hope for the magic of coach Diego Simeone in the Champions League. Since Simeone took charge of Atletico in December 2011, Los Rojiblancos have never experienced a home defeat in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

For the match against Inter, Simeone said that Atletico actually played quite well in the match at the San Siro. However, Antoine Griezmann et al did not get positive results.

“We competed quite well (first leg). We almost achieved what we were looking for, to block a few good attacks produced by a team like Inter,” said Simeone, quoted on the official UEFA website.

“In the end, they took advantage of many situations where we lost the ball to counterattack and create good opportunities to score goals,” added the Argentine coach.

Atletico vs Inter line-up prediction:

Atletico (3-5-2): Jan Oblak; Axel Witsel, Gabriel Paulista, Mario Hermoso; Marcos Llorente, Pablo Barrios, Koke, Rodrigo De Paul, Samuel Lino; Alvaro Morata, Antoine Griezmann

Coach: Diego Simeone

Inter (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Benjamin Pavard, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Çalhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez

Coach: Simeone Inzaghi

Atletico vs Inter Prediction:

Atletico vs Inter 1-2 (WhoScored)
Atletico vs Inter 1-3 (Standard)
Atletico vs Inter 0-1 (90min)