When the draw first came out, I felt the same way too but they don't seem to be in good form now, bottled a 13 point lead down to just 3 points, and Chelsea seems rejuvenated with Tuchel who was a finalist with last season PSG. In addition, they are not even at home so their odds to win has been so high. I still think they will knock out Chelsea. I think their past two league games against Levante was just a blip hopefully, they have been a machine this season and the most consistent team in La Liga this season.
Yeah they’re just such a well drilled team with lots of individual class. The GK is a big plus in Atleticos favour also.
I just can’t see the likes of Abraham and Werner break down that defence. We’ve seen so far with Tuchel that Chelsea play well against teams that comes at them. But had a really hard time to win against well drilled defensive sides like Wolves and even Barnsley in the FA Cup.
From a neutral perspective Iam really looking forward to watch the game tonight. And as you said, neutral ground is a miss for Atletico. But at the same time no fans so don’t know of it such a big deal.
I do think Chelsea look better and more organizied defensively under Tuchel but they will have to play their best game of the season to get a win away to Atletico tonight. Therefore I see value in the Dnb Atletico.
The bookies have Chelsea as slight favourites.. thats interesting.
edit: i will be on Bayern @1,7 also. They looked clueless last couple of games. Giving away so many easy goals But I think they get their shit together tonight.