Atletico Madrid hardly has time to lick her wounds after the champions League exit the city rival Real Madrid-next is a big La Liga game against Barcelona that could do her title hopes or break.
The kick -off is a Moroccan period at 8 p.m. and the fans can catch the action live in Bein Sports Arabic 1, Bein Sports English 2, Bein Sport France 1 and Laliga TV Bar.
The title race heats up. Atletico sits only one point behind Barca in the second and four representatives of the league leader Real Madrid. Los Blancos, however, played two more games as Barcelona and one more than Atletico – so the door is still open so that Diego Simeone’s men can catch up.
The Madrid derby had been quite dramatic. Atletico suffered a painful punishment of the punishment against Real, after Julian Alvarez ‘Spot-Kick was excluded due to a double touch of the ball after slipping during the lift. Repetitions showed that his supporting foot accidentally nudged the ball in front of his strike.
Simeone was gutted: “To be honest, it is not easy to get over the way we lost this tie. We cannot lie to ourselves. “
In the meantime, Barcelona had an additional day off after sealing her quarter -finals of the Champions League against Benfica on Tuesday.
“We are on Sunday with a great rival,” admitted Simeone. “I can imagine that the Barcelona players had hoped that our game would continue and reach punishments as long as possible. We will arrive and beat up tired, but we will throw everything we left to you. “
Atletico has given Barcelona headache twice this season. A late Alexander-Sorloth winner sealed a 2-1 triumph in her last encounter with La Liga, while the pages in her Copa del Rey semi-final excluded an exciting 4: 4 draw.
But Barcelona is now another animal. They have not lost to Atletico in 17 games in a row since this defeat in December, and they will keep an eye on revenge today.
These two meet again next month to decide who reaches the Copa del Rey final.
Hansi Flick has warned his Barca team that Atletico can punish every focus.
“We had two really great games, but we have to be concentrated from the start to the last minute,” said Flick. “In the first game we lost the concentration. We started the second time and ended badly. We have to correct that. “
Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen with knee injuries remain absent in the long term, but there are some good news and Reas Christensen is back in training and could result from it.
At the same time, Angel Correa is suspended after his red card in the 2-1 defeat against Getafe last weekend. Koke remains doubtful with a knock, while Rodrigo de Paul will miss it.
Score forecast
This is a must for both sides. Expect a top -class electric game, in which both sides seal their entire weight to seal the victory and the closure on the carpenters.
Atletico Madrid 2-2 FC Barcelona
