Diego Simeone’s new-look Atletico Madrid: Fewer ‘warriors’, more to fight for

Wednesday night’s quarter-final first leg with told you everything you need to know about the strengths and weaknesses of Atletico Madrid’s recent development under Diego Simeone. Atletico raced into a two-goal lead but were still unable to safely defend that — and, in the end, had to be content with just a one-goal advantage for next week’s return leg in Germany.

Simeone also betrayed his own instincts by replacing centre-forward Morata with midfielder on the hour mark, switching to a more conventional back-four, with Azpilicueta now at left-back and Lino on the wing. The Argentine manager was not taking a backward step on the sidelines, squaring up with Sebastian Kehl after Dortmund’s sporting director was angered when Atletico played on instead of stopping play to allow medical attention, with Emre Can on the ground.

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