Atlètic de Madrid-Barça Champions League match guide: time, where to watch it and line-ups
The "blaugrana" seek a comeback in Madrid to access the Champions League semifinals
BarcelonaAtlètic de Madrid and Barça face each other in the third and final match that has pitted the two teams against each other during the month of April. With a 0-2 deficit from a week ago at the Camp Nou, the blaugranas seek to come back at the Metropolitano to reach the Champions League semifinals and continue dreaming. Despite the difficulty of the challenge, both Hansi Flick and Lamine Yamal are confident they can turn the score around. "It will be complicated, but I believe in my team. It's possible, why not? We need to be solid in defense and brave in attack," assured the German coach.
Barça arrives after a great weekend in which they managed to extend their lead over Real Madrid in the league to nine points. The blaugranas won the derby against Espanyol (4-1), while the white team dropped points on Friday at the Bernabéu against Girona (1-1). As for the mattresses, Simeone fielded a lineup full of changes in the defeat against Sevilla at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán (2-1).
Time and place of the Atlético de Madrid-Barça match
Match schedule and venue for Atlètic de Madrid-Barça
The match will be played this Tuesday at 9 PM at the Metropolitano (Madrid).
Where to watch today's match (television)
The duel between Catalans and Madrilenians can be seen on television through the Movistar platform on the Liga de Campeones channel. It can also be followed live minute by minute on ARA.
Probable lineups for the match
Atlètic de Madrid (4-4-2): Musso; Molina, Le Normand, Lenglet, Ruggieri; Giuliano Simeone, Marcos Llorente, Koke, Lookman; Griezmann and Julián Álvarez.
FC Barcelona (4-3-3): Joan Garcia, Kounde, Eric Garcia, Gerard Martín, João Cancelo; Pedri, Gavi, Fermín; Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford.
Referee: Clément Turpin (France) and Jérôme Brisard (France) on VAR.