Off-form in the Championship (9th place overall), AC Milan should catch up in the Champions League. Precisely, the Lombard Club is meeting tonight Atletico Madrid in the second round and will rely on Mario Balotelli, its best striker. For the Spanish club, it is the Ghana-born player who needs more wary.

“They have a lot of good players, including Kaka and Balotelli. We will have to be very vigilant and humble,” warned David Villa, who should start on the bench.

“Super Mario” also scares Diego Simeone, the coach of Atletico. “He is the kind of player who could swing a game. We saw him with his fantastic goal against Bologna,” suggested the Argentine technician adding that Balotelli is downright “one of the best strikers in the world.”