MADRID: Despite last-minute upheaval due to two players testing positive for COVID-19, Atletico Madrid head to the Champions League 'Final Eight' tournament in the knowledge they have a golden opportunity to finally win Europe's biggest prize.
They are also in the easier side of the draw and safe in the knowledge that their bete noire Real Madrid, who beat Atletico in the 2014 and 2016 finals and knocked them out in 2015 and 2017, are no longer in the competition. This has been an eventful season for Atletico, who at one stage looked as if they would be lucky to make it into La Liga's top four as they struggled to cope with the departure of talismanic figures Antoine Griezmann and Diego Godin.But their twin victories over Liverpool proved a turning point and the team were relentless when the season resumed following the coronavirus stoppage, winning seven of their 11 league matches to finish third.
Atleti's resurgence has been propelled by an unlikely figure in Marcos Llorente, who made a thrilling transformation from defensive midfield to attack, slaying Liverpool before leading the team's forward line after the restart.
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