Quote Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice View Post
I can't remember which of the one million podcasts I listen that I heard it from....but it was suggested that Atletico would actually really go for us tomorrow. I tend to think they will simply manage the game in stages. I think in the first 10/15 minutes they will probably try to catch us cold and come at us (as their homework on us will encourage them to do) and then if they get an away goal (the importance of which we know well), we will of course need to come out and recover, by which point they will sit back a bit.

I would rather we really go for them for the most part. Our home record is decent and we will need to score a few, as I don't think we can actually tailor our strategy to rely upon not allowing them to get an away goal.

A little like Liverpool last night, I'm happy for us to weather the initial storm early on (if they really come at us) before going for the jugular.
They won't have to "catch us" cold. We'll be lying there at the start, freezing, ready to be walked over. We'll probably need to go a goal or two down before we start playing. If things go to typical script. Would be lovely if we came charging out of the gate but we do that maybe once a season.