Madrid, Feb. 23 -- Atletico Madrid faces Club Brugge in the return leg of its Champions League play-off on Tuesday in a vital game for the club's season.
Although Atletico is favorite to qualify for the Copa del Rey final after a 4-0 first leg semifinal win against FC Barcelona, it is out of the race for the La Liga title and after another big-spending season, coach Diego Simeone needs to keep the club's hopes alive in Europe.
Last Wednesday's first leg in Bruges was a thrilling affair that showed the best and the worst sidesof Simeone's Atletico, who led 2-0 at halftime thanks to goals from Julian Alvarez and Ademola Lookman.
Atletico was then guilty of conforming with the result at the start of the second half and allowed the Belgian s...