Alaves president Josean Querejeta feels his club will have been disrespected if they have not been told that their on-loan left-back Theo Hernandez from Atletico Madrid has undergone a medical ahead of a summer move to Real Madrid.
Real Madrid are still without Gareth Bale and Dani Carvajal, who pulled a hamstring in the first leg, but Rafael Varene is available and will partner Sergio Ramos in central defence, while Nacho will probably cover at right back.
Saul Niguez emphasises the role Atletico Madrid fans will play in his side's comeback attempt against Real Madrid on Wednesday.
Real thrashed Granada 4-0 on Saturday despite Zinedine Zidane making nine changes from the team that beat Atletico so convincingly, while Simeone only rested one player in his side's 1-0 victory over Eibar.
Atletico Madrid and Monaco will attempt to overturn daunting first-leg deficits in the Champions League semi-finals this week and publicly they insist they can pull off the improbable. Atletico will be playing its last European game at the stadium before moving into a new venue next season. "I'm convinced we can, if I wasn't I wouldn't say so".
"We're convinced we can do it, we're going to fight for it and if not we can at least go out with our heads held high".
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While the Spurs weren't much better (34.6 percent), they did manage two transition baskets and 12 points in the paint. But DeRozan eventually ran out of gas, scored just one point in the fourth quarter, and didn't get enough help.
In that time he has led Atletico to their first league title in 18 years, ended a 14-year winless streak against Real and put the club back on the map in Europe.
"We know the player belongs to Atletico Madrid so we were surprised he would do tests for another club without anyone telling us when he is with our club at the moment".
What: Real Madrid hosts Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals.
"It's going to be very hard, but this is soccer", Simeone said.
Regardless of the outcome, it should be an emotional game for the home crowd at the Calderon.
It is unthinkable that a side that shut out Lionel Messi and Barcelona over two legs in the quarter-finals will concede three times on Tuesday, especially with the game in Turin.
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