Atletico battles both history and insecurity

MADRID - For all the changes coach Diego Simeone has made at Atletico Madrid, one thing remains the same - an inferiority complex when faced with its richer, more successful cross-city rival Real Madrid.

Atletico faces a huge task to overturn a 3-0 semifinal first-leg deficit if it is to avoid elimination at the hands of Real in the Champions League for a fourth consecutive season in the last European game ever to be played at Atletico's Vicente Calderon stadium on Wednesday.

Simeone has been in charge for what he described as "nearly six marvelous years."