Champions League Clash: Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid Analysis

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00:00Let's go over some of the Champions League results from Tuesday and Wednesday and Kyle. Let's start off with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid

00:07Really really good matchup here. What do you make of sort of the way that this is going down?

00:12Yeah, one of the one of the best matchups of the round of 16

00:15I was actually really surprised at how clean the first leg was these teams hate each other and it sparks a lot of

00:23Fury and frustration on the pitch often

00:25I was on the over for yellow cards in that first leg in it and they had won

00:29so I'm a bit surprised at how subdued that first leg was both, you know from a

00:35Disciplinary standpoint and from a chances standpoint Real Madrid won that game 2-1, but there weren't a ton of chances

00:43That's kind of how Atletico Madrid like it is to keep a lid on the game both home and away

00:49But this is still very much in the balance Atletico Madrid are a much better team at home than they are on the road

00:56Not as much this year, but if you go over the course of Diego Simeone's managerial tenure at Atletico Madrid

01:03They have always played much better at home. So getting the second leg at home

01:07I still like Atletico Madrid's chances to get through this one, especially where the odds are

01:13They are our heavy underdogs, especially given that Real Madrid won the first leg

01:18You can get some really good value on Atletico Madrid getting a surprise here because Real Madrid are a flawed team this season

01:25They always seem to have that European magic, but they're a flawed team this year and and I really think Atletico Madrid have a chance