Atletico Madrid fans go wild ahead of Champions League clash with rivals Real
ATLETICO MADRID fans showed they are fully behind their team ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg.
The Rojiblancos need a minor miracle to make a third final in four years after going down 3-0 at city rivals, Real Madrid.But their supporters gave the players a raucous welcome to their hotel as they waited outside in their droves with flares and banners urging their team on.
Come-what-may, this will be the last-ever Champions League match at the Vicente Calderon — and the Atletico fans want to make it a night to remember.
From next season, they will make the historic move the Wanda Metropolitano.
If Diego Simeone is to lead his side to a victory over Real Madrid, they would have to be one of only three teams to overturn a three-goal deficit after the first leg.
Deportivo beat AC Milan 4-0 after going down 4-1 at the San Siro in a 2004 quarter-final.
While Barcelona famously beat Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 at the Nou Camp after a 4-0 defeat at the Parc des Princes.
Atletico have endured a torrid season domestically by their own recent standards
But the fans showed a similar stance when around 400 turned up to show their support ahead of a Copa del Rey semi-final clash with Barcelona.