The battle for defensive football: Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid will prove if all-out defence still has a place in the modern world

12:23am PDT - March 10th, 2020    champions league - Independent

Diego Simeone and Jose Mourinho are the last bastions of a dated style that has been consumed by the attacking revolution that Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona triggered, with the Champions League last-16 tie set to reveal if all-out attack has taken over