Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hailed Champions League quarter-final opponents Borussia Dortmund as the “hardest” team his side could have drawn on Tuesday. 

The German side, fifth in the Bundesliga, are widely seen as the weakest team left in the competition, but Atletico coach Simeone disagreed. Atletico host Dortmund in the first leg at the Metropolitano stadium on Wednesday, bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2017.