Soccer Football - Champions League - Atletico Madrid Training - Ciudad Deportiva Wanda Atletico de Madrid, Madrid, Spain - December 10, 2019 Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone during training REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone recently compared his side's no-frills style to pizza, but as his side prepare for a do-or-die Champions League match with Lokomotiv Moscow amid a dire run of results, the toppings taste bland and the crust feels stale.
The Spaniards must beat Lokomotiv at home on Wednesday to guarantee their place in the last 16 of Europe's elite competition, or match Bayer Leverkusen's result against Juventus, who have already qualified as Group D winners.
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