Revenge firmly on agenda in Real Madrid

While neither coach will admit it, both teams will be out for revenge when Atletico Madrid host Real Madrid in tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Estadio Vicente Calderon.

The derby tie gives Atletico a chance to move on from last season’s Champions League final agony, while Madrid’s players and fans want to erase memories of their 4-0 La Liga capitulation in February.

Last May’s dramatic Lisbon decider is still well remembered, if in understandably different ways, on either side of the Spanish capital. Atletico were 1-0 ahead deep into injury time, and set for their first Champions League title, until Madrid centre-back Sergio Ramos headed in a dramatic equaliser.