Club Brugge starts confrontation with Atlético Madrid as group leader

Club impressed in the first two rounds. On the opening day against Leverkusen, it fought on willpower to a 1-0 victory. A week later in Porto, the Belgian champion outclassed his opponent with a historic 0-4 victory. In Bruges, people are dreaming aloud of a place in the second round. After the double confrontation with Atlético Madrid, Tuesday in Bruges and next Wednesday in Madrid, more will become clear. Club gained confidence on Saturday with an easy 3-0 win against KV Mechelen.

revenge

Atlético started the season unstable and has thirteen points in La Liga after seven match days. That makes it fifth. Red Devils Axel Witsel and Yannick Carrasco came into action on Saturday during the 0-2 win at Sevilla. A week earlier, the city derby against Real Madrid was lost 1-2. It also goes up and down in the Champions League. On the opening day of play, the Rojiblancos settled with Porto (2-1) in the final phase, followed by a late 2-0 defeat in Leverkusen.

In the other match in group B, Porto receives Leverkusen. The Portuguese will want revenge after the humiliating home defeat against Club Brugge. Leverkusen is experiencing a dramatic start to the season and is penultimate in the Bundesliga.