{"id":9249,"date":"2021-09-28T01:39:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T00:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=9249"},"modified":"2025-03-25T04:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T03:37:27","slug":"ac-milan-vs-atletico-madrid-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ac-milan-vs-atletico-madrid-match-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan vs Atletico Madrid Match Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan and Atletico Madrid will square up against each other in this second group game with both defensively strong sides set to play a boring match.<br \/>\nMilan lost their opening group game 3-2 to Liverpool in a game that saw the English club surprisingly open them up more than expected.<\/p>\n<p>They will play against an Atletico Madrid side that hardly tries to be too adventurous and they will probably be the more attacking team in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning La Liga last season, this campaign has been a poor one for Atletico in their league.<\/p>\n<p>Their last game before this match ended in a shock defeat in the league against bottom-of-the-table Alaves.<br \/>\nThat is hardly a good way to prepare for a game of this nature, but Diego Simeone will drill his team to go for the win in this match.<br \/>\nAtleti drew their first Champions League group game against FC Porto and would be keen to avoid a defeat in this match as that could set them back in their bid to be one of the two teams that reach the next round from the group.<\/p>\n<p>These teams met in the Champions League in 2014 and Atleti won Milan home and away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan and Atletico Madrid will square up against each other in this second group game with both defensively strong sides set to play a boring match. Milan lost their opening group game 3-2 to Liverpool in a game that saw the English club surprisingly open them up more than expected. They will play against an Atletico Madrid side that hardly tries to be too adventurous and they will probably be the more attacking team in the game. Despite winning La Liga last season, this campaign has been a poor one for Atletico in their league. Their last game before this match ended in a shock defeat in the league against bottom-of-the-table Alaves. That is hardly a good way to prepare for a game of this nature, but Diego Simeone will drill his team to go for the win in this match. Atleti drew their first Champions League group game against FC Porto and would be keen to avoid a defeat in this match as that could set them back in their bid to be one of the two teams that reach the next round from the group. 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