There will be a unique scent specific to major European evenings this Tuesday evening at Signal Iduna Park, on the occasion of the Champions League quarter-final return leg between Dortmund and Atlético de Madrid. In front of its audience and with the support of more than 80,000 spectators committed to its cause, the German club will try to reverse the trend.
In the first leg, Edin Terzic's men lost to the Colchoneros (2-1). Sébastien Haller, author of the goal of hope last week in the last ten minutes, is out of this second act, after being hit in the left ankle in the league on Saturday against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
If Atlético had, then, imposed itself thanks to the achievements of Rodrigo De Paul and Samuel Lino, its X factor is indeed called, Antoine Griezmann. Double scorer this weekend in La Liga against Girona (3-1), the French international will, once again, be the major asset of the Madrilenians.
This season, the native of Mâcon has scored six goals and provided an assist in nine C1 matches. He will be keen to take his team as far as possible in the competition, having already played and lost a Champions League final against Real Madrid in 2016 (1-1, 3 tab to 5).
This ambition overlaps with that of Dortmund. Marco Reus and his team have not reached this stage of the event since the 2012/2013 season. They lost against Franck Ribéry's Bayern Munich in the final (2-1).
The match will take place this Tuesday at 9 p.m. It can be followed on the BeIN Sport 1 channel.