Champions League 2025-2026: Liverpool-Atletico Madrid, the likely lineups
Liverpool’s journey in the Champions League begins again from the friendly walls of Anfield: the Reds, who ended last year’s League Phase in first place but failed to go beyond the round of 16, beaten by future champions PSG, will resume their European journey against Cholo Simeone’s Atletico Madrid, always a complicated client to face in the European arena.
The team coached by Arne Slot, after slipping in the Community Shield, started the league with four wins in as many matches, although suffering not a little on all occasions: against Bournemouth, Newcastle and Burnley, in fact, the success came only in late second-half recovery. On the pitch there is room for the experience of Alisson, Van Dijke Salah and the’enthusiasm of Szoboszlai, Gakpo and Ekitiké.
As for the Colchoneros, the start of the season was difficult and the first success came only on the fourth day of the championship, against Villarreal: in the 2-0 final scored Pablo Barrios and Nico Gonzalez, the latter passed to Italy from Fiorentina and Juventus: both will be in the starting eleven on Wednesday, barring any surprises.
Probable lineups
LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Bradley, Konaté, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitiké. All. Slot.
ATLETICO MADRID (4-2-3-1): Oblak; Llorente, Le Normand, Lenglet, Galan; Barrios, Koke; Giuliano Simeone, Gallagher, Nico Gonzalez; Griezmann. All. Diego Simeone.
