A place in next season’s Champions League could be at stake for Atletico Madrid as it makes the short trip to Getafe on Wednesday.
Champions League qualification is still at stake for Atletico Madrid nearing the end of La Liga, but Diego Simeone’s side can ensure themselves of a place at Europe’s top table next term with victory at Getafe on Wednesday. Los Rojiblancos sit fourth with three games to go in the league season, requiring just one more point to put themselves outside the reach of Athletic Bilbao directly below. Meanwhile, Getafe is saddled in mid-table and attempting to see out it’s best league finish since 2020, having scored two goals late on when these two teams saw out a six-goal thriller in the reverse fixture.
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Hopes are usually high whenever two Madrid teams face off, and they didn’t disappoint when Getafe made the trip to the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano back in December.
On that occasion, Atletico Madrid led 3-1 with only a few minutes remaining before Oscar Rodriguez and Borja Mayoral netted in the 87th and 93rd minutes, respectively, to devastate Atleti late on.
Simeone’s side would already be home and dry with at least a fourth place finish had it not been for those late contributions after Atleti defender Stefan Savic was sent off in the 38th minute.
While the end result certainly wasn’t what he wanted, Antoine Griezmann has some happy memories from that clash after his brace saw him tie level as Atletico’s highest goalscorer of all time.
The Frenchman has since claimed that record outright and should start alongside Angel Correa in attack, though World Cup-winner Nahuel Molina is out for the visiting team due to injury.
Getafe, on the other hand, will be without Mayoral, Mauro Arambarri and Juan Iglesias, while central defender Domingos Duarte is still recovering from a shoulder injury.
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