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It will be a Madrid derby as Spanish clubs Real and Atletico Madrid clash at Estadio Vicente Calderon in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. The match is on April 14, 2015 at 2:45 p.m. ET.

Expect a tough and intense match-up against these two local rivals as they met in last year's final, with Madrid winning 4-1 after extra time thanks to goals from Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Diego Godin scored early for Atletico who wanted to topple their rivals but Ramos' goal in injury time set the game to extra time where Real dominated en route to their 10th title in history.

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Now they meet in the early stages and have to legs to determine which Madrid club will move on to the semi-final.

Atletico won Group A by winning four matches of a possible six. They beat out Juventus, while Olympiakos and Malmo were eliminated from the competition.

In the round-of-16, they were tasked to face German club Bayer Leverkusen and they had to squeeze out a victory thanks to a penalty shootout.

Bayer won the 1st leg at home 1-0 but Atletico responded by winning 1-0 at home as well. The match was decided via penalty shootout, with Fernando Torres' goal coupled with Stefan Kiessling's miss booking Atletico's place in the quarters.

For Real, they were flawless in the group stages as they swept Group B by winning all six games. They advanced to the knockout stages with an 11-point cushion over second-placed Basel, while Liverpool and Ludogorets were eliminated.

However, they had to gut out a win in the round-of-16 as they were faced against Schalke. Despite the German team losing 2-0 at home in the 1st leg, they bounced back to set a thrilling finish at the Bernabeu.

They won 4-3 but still fell 5-4 on aggregate to help Real set a match against Atletico.

In their last six meetings across all competitions, Atletico have won four times while the other two have ended in draws.

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