Champions League: Terzic, Dortmund coach, praises Atlético Madrid’s “art of defending”

Atlético Madrid have “established a new art in the way of defending”, praised Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic, on the eve of facing the Spanish club in the quarter-final first leg on Wednesday (9:00 p.m.) at the Metropolitano . “The way Atlético Madrid has enjoyed success over the last ten years is well known, it has not gone unnoticed by us in Dortmund,” explained Edin Terzic during the press conference before the match. “They have introduced a new form and a new art in the way of defending, and I do not think of it in a negative way, but I evaluate it positively,” added the BVB coach, however not wishing to reduce Atlético has this characteristic.

“We often reduce it to its art and its way of defending, but Atlético is the team which has scored the most goals in the Champions League with Manchester City (17 goals in the group stage against 18 for the Citizens, Editor's note ). It’s always a big challenge for the teams to face them,” warned the technician from the Ruhr club.

For Terzic, Borussia Dortmund will have to work to maintain their game, because the Madrilenians “are able to impose their game on any team in the world. This will be our biggest challenge tomorrow, to show that we have grown, and to return to Dortmund with a good performance and a good result. For Terzic, Dortmund qualifying for the Champions League semi-finals could help the club retain some of their best players.

“It would help us a lot if we could show that we can reach the semi-finals with Borussia Dortmund and that we don't need to go elsewhere to find happiness,” he said. slipped, citing as an example the other quarter-final first leg in Madrid, Tuesday evening between Real Madrid and Manchester City, and the duel between two former Dortmund players, Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland.