Atletico Madrid jumps from -5 to +8 in the Champions League
Atletico Madrid has qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League as the fifth-placed team and with a goal difference of +8, after starting the competition with a balance of three points and a goal difference of -5.
The team has achieved a total of 18 points, 15 of them consecutively, and has won five consecutive games. Griezmann and Julian Alvarez lead the team with six goals each in eight matches. Simeone has used 23 different players and has managed to stop the defensive bleeding. Atletico has defeated two of the candidates to go far in the tournament, PSG and Bayer Leverkusen.