MADRID – Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is expecting a “very tough” match when his side host Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg on April 10.

The Spaniards are competing in the last eight of Europe’s elite club competition for the third time in five years, but have not advanced further since 2016-17, when they lost in the semi-finals to rivals and eventual champions Real Madrid.