The Spanish soccer giants, one level aside within the LaLiga, face off within the first leg of the Spanish Cup semifinals.
Who: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
What: Spanish Copa del Rey semifinal – first leg
The place: Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain
When: Tuesday at 9:30pm (20:30 GMT)
Comply with Al Jazeera’s stay textual content and picture commentary stream of the match.
Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick believes his workforce must be taught from their LaLiga defeat by Atletico Madrid this season and be extra scientific in entrance of purpose once they meet once more of their Copa del Rey semifinal first leg.
Atletico claimed their first away win at Barca in 18 years with a 2-1 victory in December regardless of the hosts dominating the opening exchanges and scoring the primary purpose.
“This can be a new recreation. We have now to show it,” Flick instructed reporters on Monday, a day forward of the house conflict.
“Atleti are an excellent workforce, they’ve invested some huge cash. They’ve one of the best defenders and one of the best attackers. It’s going to be a troublesome recreation …
“We have now to benefit from the chance to attain, the vital factor is to attain objectives. And we’ve to needless to say it’s two video games and never only one.”
Lamine Yamal damage replace
Flick is hoping to have Lamine Yamal out there after the 17-year-old winger missed coaching on Monday because of a knock he picked up within the 2-0 win at Las Palmas on Saturday.
Yamal, who bagged an help, posted an image of his bloody left foot on Instagram after the match.
“We should wait to see if he can play, I see the state of affairs as optimistic from what the physician has instructed us. And we wish him to be with us,” Flick revealed.
The German added that midfielder Dani Olmo might play 90 minutes after recovering from a calf damage suffered in January.
Olmo, who has seven objectives and three assists in 22 appearances since becoming a member of Barca within the shut season from RB Leipzig, scored off the bench within the win over Las Palmas.
Atletico able to ‘undergo’
In the meantime, Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone has urged his gamers to concentrate on one recreation at a time in a demanding schedule as they face Actual Madrid within the Champions League the next week.
A five-week stretch features a two-legged conflict towards Actual within the final 16 of Europe’s elite membership competitors and one other assembly with Barca in LaLiga, with Atletico trailing the 2 giants by some extent on the prime of the desk in a heated title run.
“The important thing, the one manner, is to take a look at every day match-by-match,” Simeone stated in his pre-match press convention.
“We’re excited, we need to compete, trying ahead to dealing with every recreation in the easiest way doable and to attain that we’re targeted solely on tomorrow’s recreation.
“It’s an important match, nevertheless it doesn’t finish tomorrow, it’s divided into two phases, one on their house court docket and one on ours. And we’ll take the sport the place we predict we are able to harm them.”
The return leg is on April 2 on the Metropolitano in Madrid.
Simeone stated his facet are able to undergo in what he expects shall be a battle towards LaLiga’s leaders.
“Whenever you face massive groups, you already know you need to be ready to withstand, to endure struggling,” Simeone stated.
“There shall be good moments for all sides and it is advisable to benefit from these.
“We’re up towards an opponent that I actually like the best way they play. They’ve nice attacking energy and we’ll be trying to harm them the place we predict we are able to.”
