The first leg of the Champions League round of 16 between Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid will take place on Tuesday 20 February at 22:00 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange. Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

“Inter” and “Atletico” meet in one of the hottest “doubles” of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, and the match of the tour at “San Siro” causes quite a lot of emotions for Diego Simeone, who played for Milan for two years, from 1997 to 1999 . between two spells as a player for the Spaniards, 1994-1997 and 2003-2005 (the return will take place on February 13 at the Wanda Metropolitano).

Inter reached the last 16 of the Champions League after finishing 2nd in Group D, in which they achieved the following results: 1-1 (d) and 0-0 (a) with Real Sociedad. 1-0 (a) and 3-3 (d) with Benfica, 2-1 (a) and 1-0 (d) with Salzburg.

In Serie A, the undisputed leader is Simone Inzaghi’s team, who have 63 points after 25 rounds (also one game less), 9 more than Juventus, 11 more than Milan, and in their last official match they won at home, in the championship, scoring 4-0 against Salernitana.

Inter have won the Champions League trophy three times, most recently in 2010 after beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, and have lost three more times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2023 (0-1 with Manchester City at Atatürk in Istanbul).

Atletico Madrid qualified for this phase of the competition from the winning position in Group E after 1-1 (d) and 2-0 (a) with Lazio, 3-2 (a) and 3-1 (d) with Feyenoord “, 2-2 (d) and 6-0 (a) with “Celtic”.

In La Liga, Diego Simeone’s side are in 4th place after 25 matches with 51 points, 11 behind leaders Real Madrid but 5 ahead of 5th-placed Athletic Bilbao with a game in hand less, and in the last official game in the championship, at home, the score was 5-0 against Las Palmas.

Atlético Madrid have never won the Champions League, although they have reached the final three times: in 1974 (1-1 after extra time and 0-4 in the loss against Bayern), 2014 (1-4 after extra time against Real) and 2016 (1- 1 after extra time and 3-5 on penalties with Real).

The two teams have met just once so far, in Monaco in 2010 in the European Super Cup, when Atletico Madrid beat Inter 2-0.

Superbet offers odds of 1.57 on the PsF1 prediction: the hosts lead at half-time or dominate at the end of the match Inter vs Atletico Madrid.

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