VIDEO: Simeone and Koke preview first leg vs Inter

Atletico Madrid, fourth in La Liga, need a strong run in Europe to make something significant of a season which started well but stalled with elimination in the Spanish Super Cup.

The La Liga side will face Inter Milan in the round of 16 match at the Giuseppe Meazza on Tuesday to fight for further progress in European competition.

"If we follow our plan and die for that plan as we have always done in European competitions for all theses last few years, we will be closer to competing against the big teams and being able to win the games," Koke Resurreccion told reporters on Monday.

Meanwhile, coach Diego Simeone said : "We are going to face a rival who is in a great moment, who is able to attack from any side, because they do it very well. And well, we'll play where we think we can hurt them."