In the last ten years the tournament in Amsterdam has grown to a larger scale, so now even the strongest teams in the world come to play. The hosts, Ajax have won the tournament three times, while this is the second appearance for Atletico Madrid; last year they made it to the semifinals.

This is the clash between two red-white teams that have achieved their goals. Truth is that Atletico Madrid mustn’t lose this match if they wish to go to the Champions League next season. Almeria suffered a convincing loss in the last round against Espanyol at home and that showed that they are already thinking about vacation. The result of autumn’s duel was 1:1 and both rivals would gladly repeat that.

This is a must-win game for Atletico if they want to stay in the race for the Champions League places. After the defeat at Mallorca, they once again disappointed their supporters. Osasuna improved their chances of ensuring survival with an away win over Espanyol.

The island will see a merciless battle for points between Mallorca that have drawn the last two games 3:3 and Atletico Madrid that once again thrilled their fans with fantastic performance against Villarreal. The visitors are the favourites but Mallorca won’t give up without a fight. Both teams are in good attacking form lately.

This is the third straight derby for Atletico as after Barcelona and Real Madrid they will face Villarreal. Excellent performance against city rivals wasn’t crowned with victory although it was one of the rare times Atletico deserved it. A draw wasn’t much of a help for Atletico as Malaga and Deportivo won their games and thus leapfrogged Madrid side on the standings. Villarreal won Espanyol and thus held on to the fourth place. Five points ahead of Atletico will be great motivation for the home side to close the gap on two points only.

The first leg finished all squared and it was a thrilling encounter that could have gone either way. Porto were definitely more satisfied with 2:2 draw and they are now the favourites to go through. This is likely to be another interesting match as Atletico will have to attack, while the hosts will try to punish them.

The game played on Saturday and a derby of the round comes at a very important moment for both teams. Real closed the gap behind Barcelona mostly thanks to their biggest city rivals. Atletico’s fantastic win, precisely over Barcelona showed that they are back in form. This match promises a lot of excitement and good football.

Derby match of the 25th round of Primera will be played at Vicente Calderon. Atletico lost to Sevilla last weekend even though they played much better than in the last few games. They simply need to win this match or they can say goodbye to the race for the Champions League places. Barcelona lost the local derby to Espanyol, thus their advantage over Real is now just seven points.

This should be another evenly-matched encounter where both sides have good chances to go through. Atletico Madrid are very inconsistent this season but they are still favourites in this match after the great performances in the group stage. Porto are in good form lately and they will try to record a good result before the return leg in Portugal.

This match will be the pick of the round in Primera. Sevilla managed to beat Espanyol away last weekend, thus increased the advantage over Valencia. Atletico enter this match on the back of the home draw with Getafe.