'Italian' Atletico Our Toughest Test - Fonseca

[Folami David]

Atletico Madrid's defensive solidity and swift counter attacks give them the attributes of a classic 'Italian side', Porto coach Paulo Fonseca said ahead of Tuesday's Champions League Group G clash at the Dragao Stadium.
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Beating Atletico will be Porto's toughest challenge this season because of the steel Diego Simeone - a former Lazio and Inter Milan midfielder who was said to "play with a knife between his teeth" - has instilled in his side, he added.
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"We face a team which will pose a level of difficulty that we have not yet faced in our domestic league," Fonseca told a news conference. "Atletico are an Italian team playing in the Spanish championship."
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Atletico come into the match on a high after stunning Real Madrid 1-0 at the Bernabeu on Saturday for a first success against their bitter city rivals in La Liga this century that kept them level on maximum points with Barcelona at the top.

[Shola Sholaz]

Well they should try as much as possible to work very hard so as to scale through when the time comes.