Kickoff: 21:00 CET / 20:00 GMT / 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT
Venue: Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys
Referee: Juan Maria Sanchez Martinez
Lineups:
Barcelona: Inaki Pena - Joao Cancelo, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde - Frenkie de Jong, Ilkay Gundogan, Pedri - Joao Felix, Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha
Subs: Ander Astralaga, Diego Kochen, Alejandro Balde, Inigo Martinez, Oriol Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez
Atleti: Jan Oblak - Rodrigo Riquelme, Mario Hermoso, Axel Witsel, Jose Maria Gimenez, Nahuel Molina - Rodrigo de Paul, Koke, Marcos Llorente - Antoine Griezmann, Alvaro Morata
Subs: Ivo Grbic, Antonio Gomis, Cesar Azpilicueta, Caglar Soyoncu, Stefan Savic, Reinildo Mandava, Saul Niguez, Javi Galan, Memphis Depay, Angel Correa, Samuel Lino
Match Events:
1’ - Pedri passes to Raphinha who completes a set of dribbles and gets through the defense, but his shot goes across the box
6’ - Raphinha sets up Lewandowski, but the Pole’s header is poor
12’ - Kounde centers to Lewandowski whose shot is way off target
28’ - Joao Felix wins a duel against Moline then chips the ball over Oblak. Barcelona 1, Atleti 0 – link
31’ - Yellow card for Gimenez
34’ - Yellow card for Witsel
38’ - Yellow card for Koke
44’ - Gundogan centers to Joao Felix who gets a good shot from close range but Oblak positions himself well for the save
45+3’ - End of half
45’ - Substitution for Atleti: Correa, Lino and Azpilicueta on for Rodrigo Riquelme, Gimenez and Molina respectively
47’ - Yellow card for Azpilicueta
50’ - Yellow card for Joao Felix
58’ - Raphinha hits the right post from outside the box
61’ - Llorente centers to Morata who shoots the ball into Inaki Pena from point-blank range
65’ - Substitution for Atleti: Memphis and Saul on for Morata and Koke respectively
77’ - Substitution for Barcelona: Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres on for Raphinha and Ferran Torres respectively
78’ - Yellow card for Ferran Torres
79’ - Yellow card for Araujo
80’ - Inaki Pena with a tremendous effort to push Memphis’s free kick onto the crossbar
86’ - Lewandowski beats Hermoso with a great dribble then aims for the corner flag instead of the goal
87’ - Yellow card for Cancelo
89’ - Substitution for Barcelona: Fermin Lopez on for Pedri
90+3’ - Yellow card for Frenkie de Jong
90+4’ - The ball bounces to Correa who shoots the ball right into Inaki Pena
90+5’ - End of game. Barcelona 1, Atleti 0
Match Stats - via Livescore.com
| Barcelona | Atleti :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 2.36 | 0.71 xA | 2.01 | 0.81 Possession | 59% | 41% Shots on target | 2 | 3 Shots off target | 7 | 4 Blocked shots | 4 | 3 Corner kicks | 7 | 2 Offsides | 1 | 4 Fouls | 17 | 12 Yellow Cards | 5 | 4 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | +24 | 38 |
| Girona | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 38 |
| Barcelona | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 34 |
| Atletico Madrid | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 31 |
| Athletic Club | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 28 |
| Real Sociedad | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 26 |
| Real Betis | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 25 |
| Las Palmas | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| Valencia | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 19 |
| Getafe | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 19 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 19 |
| Villarreal | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 16 |
| Alaves | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 16 |
| Osasuna | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 15 |
| Sevilla | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| Mallorca | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 11 |
| Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 11 |
| Celta Vigo | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 8 |
| Granada | 15 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 35 | -16 | 7 |
| Almeria | 15 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 37 | -21 | 4 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Barcelona: vs Girona, 12.10, 21:00 CET
Atleti: vs Almeria, 12.10, 14:00 CET
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Chupem fdps! Atletico de madrid é MERDA!
I know he played well but man, fuck felix.
Didnt get to watch at all, how was Frenkie?
highly recommend watching this game. it’s been so long where the midfield 3 were rotating the ball and playing the way out of atleti pressure. absolute joy to watch
Controlled the game with Gundogan in the midfield. Barca have really missed him.
Teams should have one VAR challenge per half.
Barca fans crying about biased/poor refereeing is hilarious.
Since you love them so much, take mine as well
Thanks ref 🤑
No one should ever compare Lewy to Suarez ever again.
Tbf Suarez Came on his prime and Lewandowski past his prime, also we clearly dont create as good chances as when we had Suarez and Messi
Agree, but I believe Suarez is a clinical finisher. MF just scores out of nothing
Suarez past his prime scored a hat trick against Madrid without Messi on the field.
Do you remember the UCL semi-finals from the year 2013?
okay and how is this relevant? we are talking about both of them past their prime no?
hm interesting, redditors told me Xavi hates attacking and Atletico is playing like a prime Pep team. Curious why the heatmap of this game is nearly in Atleti’s box and they defended with 10 men the entire game as always
Atletico did try consistently to play with the ball, Barça pressed well and kept stealinf the ball in Atletico’s field. Barça were very dominant until the 60th min or so
Lewandowski isn’t lasting much more, I expect him to lose his starting position by next season.
You can tell his body is just not moving the way it once did. He had 3 chances and couldn’t adjust himself for any of them.