By Anna Italia
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AC Milan is ready for the Champions League Round of 16, First Leg game, AC Milan vs Atlético de Madrid on Wednesday 19 February 2014 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. AC Milan with a boost to the morale after winning the Serie A Week 24 game, on Friday 14 February 2014. This will be the first Champions League for Clarence Seedorf as Coach.
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014. Stadio San Siro (Giuseppe Meazza), Milan, Italy,
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
AC Milan Home Game
Atletico Madrid Away Game
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PREVIOUS MEETINGS:
AC Milan and Atletico Madrid have never played in the Champions League
but they met in the semi-finals of the Latin Cup on June 20th 1951 seeing AC Milan winning with a 4-1 with Mario Renosto scoring a hat-trick and Nordahl the
other.
STATS – TOP SCORERS IN 2013 – 2014 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
| AC Milan | Goals | Goals | Atletico Madrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balotelli, Mario | 2 | 4 | Costa, Diego |
| Robinho | 1 | 3 | Garcia, Raul |
| Kaka | 1 | 2 | Turan, Arda |
| Muntari, Sulley | 1 | 2 | Miranda |
| Zapata, Cristian | 1 | 1 | Baptistao, Leo |
AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf with the challenge to win his first Champions League game as Coach.
CURRENT FORMER MILAN AND ATLETICO MADRID PLAYERS:
For AC Milan: Goalkeeper Christian Abbiati (Atletico Madrid 2007/2008)
None for Atletico Madrid.
Jose Mari (Atletico Madrid 1997 to 1999 and then 2002/2003, at Milan
from January 2000 to 2002), Javi Moreno (Milan 2001/2002, Atletico
Madrid 2002 to 2004), Cosmin Contra (Milan 2001/2002, Atletico Madrid
2002 to 2004), Christian Vieri (Atletico Madrid 1997/1998, at Milan July
to January 2005/2006) and Paulo Futre (Atletico Madrid from 1987 to
1993, Milan 1995/1996)
CURIOUS FACT:
Atletico Madrid were founded on April 26th 1903 by
students and they picked their colors to match the mattresses in Spain
at the time which were red and white thus they became known at the
“Colchoneros” – The Mattress Makers.
STATS LAST 5 GAMES AC MILAN and ATLETICO MADRID
Here are the last 5 games of AC Milan Home Games in the Champions League:
2013/14. Milan-Ajax 0-0
2013/14. Milan-Barcelona 1-1
2013/14. Milan-Celtic 2-0
2013/14. Milan-PSV 3-0
2012/13. Milan-Barcelona 2-0
Here are the last 5 games of Atletico Madrid in Champions League:
2013/14. Zenit-Atletico Madrid 1-1
2013/14. Austria Vienna-Atletico Madrid 0-3
2013/14. Porto-Atletico Madrid 1-2
2009/10. Apoel-Atletico Madrid 1-1
2009/10. Chelsea-Atletico Madrid 4-0
