Atletico banks on Alvarez to deliver

Simeone's side out to end Real Madrid heartbreak in Champions League

For Atletico Madrid it has been a repetitious and painful tale whenever it has faced city rival Real Madrid in Europe. In a bid to change the script, it signed Julian Alvarez.

The Argentina international has become Atletico's key attacking threat after arriving from Manchester City last summer and will lead the line for it on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League last 16.

Atletico has reached three Champions League finals and lost every time, including against Real Madrid in 2014 and 2016.