Sports Real Madrid Vs Atletico: 7 Things You Should Know Ahead of CL Clash

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Real Madrid take on Atletico Madrid in an all Madrid Champions League semi-final today. Real defeated Bayern Munich in the Quarter-Finals, while Atletico dispatched Leicester City to reach the last four.

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Below are 7 things you need to know ahead of the match:

1. Date and Time: Tuesday 2nd May, 8:45pm, Nigerian time

2. The game takes place at the Bernabeu

3. Defender Pepe will be unavailable and Gareth Bale will also miss the clash with a calf injury.

4. Diego Simeone will miss 4 key players; Jose Gimenez, Juanfran, Jorge Garcia and Sime Vrsalijko all ruled out.

5. The Madrid derby has now been a part of the Champions League latter stages for four consecutive years.

6. Real have won four of the seven European games against their Madrid rivals, who have taken just one victory.

7. Key men

Real key man : Attacking left-back Marcelo has three assists and a goal in his last five games.

Atletico key man : Commanding centre-back Diego Godin will have to be at his best to keep out Ronaldo and co.
 
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