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Champions League Aggregate Standing
Comparison of aggregate scores after the first leg.
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Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona: Champions League - team news, start ...
Who: Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona What: Champions League quarterfinal, second leg Where: Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid, Spain When: Tuesday at 9pm (19:00 GMT) How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 16:00 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.Spanish football clubs Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will meet for the third time in 10 days but, crucially, with a UEFA Champions League (UCL) semifinal berth on the line.Atletico may be far behind their Catalan opponents in the La Liga title race, but they go into Tuesday’s fixture as strong favourites, thanks to a first-leg victory against 10-man Barcelona at Camp Nou, and a strong home form in Europe this season.Barcelona, the reigning La Liga champions, will have it all to do if they are to keep alive their dream of clinching their sixth UCL trophy, and first since the 2014–2015 season.Here is all to know before the knockout tie:What happened in the first leg at Camp Nou?Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth scored in each half as Atletico earned a precious 2-0 lead in a tense first-leg clash.The La Liga leaders were on top in the first half before Pau Cubarsi was sent off for bringing down Atletico’s Giuliano Simeone, who was through on goal.Alvarez whipped home the free kick at the stroke of halftime, and Sorloth doubled their advantage in the 70th minute to give Atletico a strong chance of reaching the semifinals.Julian Alvarez, centre, opened the scoring against Barcelona in Atletico’s first-leg 2-0 win last week [Nacho Doce/Reuters]How did Barcelona perform in La Liga on the weekend?Barcelona thrashed crosstown rivals Espanyol 4-1 on Saturday, taking a major step towards retaining their La Liga title as they moved nine points clear of rivals Real Madrid, who are second.Ferran Torres struck twice, assisted by Lamine Yamal both times, first with a header from a corner in the 10th minute before doubling the lead in the 25th, racing clear from another Yamal pass.Espanyol pulled one back in the 56th minute when Pol Lozano fired in a rebound from just inside the box. But Yamal restored control in the 87th on a quick counter, with Marcus Rashford adding a fourth from Frenkie de Jong’s cross.Barca moved to 79 points with seven games left.How did Atletico perform in La Liga on the weekend?Coach Diego Simeone rotated heavily for his team’s visit to face Sevilla to keep players fresh, as Atletico fell to a 2-1 defeat.Akor Adams sent the hosts ahead from the penalty spot, a...
Preview: Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona - prediction, team news, lineups
Requiring another remontada to save their Champions League bacon, Barcelona head to the Spanish capital for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg with La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid.The 10-man Blaugrana were stunned 2-0 at home by Diego Simeone's troops in the first leg, as Los Rojiblancos put one foot in a semi-final with either Arsenal or Sporting Lisbon.Match previewThe favourites tag perhaps weighed too heavily on Barcelona's shoulders in last Wednesday's first leg, although Hansi Flick's formerly free-scoring side were not aided by inexperienced defender Pau Cubarsi taking the walk of shame for a last-man foul in the 44th minute. Atletico immediately capitalised through a sublime Julian Alvarez free kick, before elite marksman Alexander Sorloth struck his sixth Champions League goal of the campaign to silence the majority of the 59,000-strong Camp Nou crowd.Fans could have been forgiven for writing Los Rojiblancos off before the first whistle had blown, as Simeone's men entered the first leg on the back of a three-game losing run in all tournaments - the third of which was a 2-1 league reverse to none other than Barcelona.A fourth defeat in five arrived at the weekend as Atletico went down 2-1 to Sevilla, but few will take that loss at face value, as Simeone made no fewer than 10 changes with the second leg in mind; only goalkeeper Juan Musso held his spot.Furthermore, the hosts had won six matches on the spin at the Wanda Metropolitano before their recent league loss to Barcelona, and Simeone's side have only failed to score in one home game all season - February's 1-0 loss to Real Betis.© ImagoHowever, the last time Atletico won the first leg of a Champions League quarter-final - back in the 2023-24 season against Borussia Dortmund - Simeone's troops capitulated in the second and were ultimately knocked out, giving Barca one crumb of comfort to cling onto. Cubarsi's first-half red card left La Blaugrana with a mountain to climb at Camp Nou, though, and Flick's charges are now facing an even bigger uphill struggle to keep their Champions League dream alive, even if the form book is on their side.Barcelona consigned the first leg to history with a 4-1 battering of city rivals Espanyol on Saturday, a day when Lamine Yamal became the youngest player in history to reach 100 La Liga appearances and marked the occasion with a goal and two assists.The top-flight crown should soon be a formality for Barcelona, who lie nine points clear of Rea...
Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona: UEFA Champions League stats & head-to ...
Barcelona's 2-0 defeat to Atlético Madrid at Camp Nou was the 195th time in UEFA European Cup/Champions League history a team has lost the first leg of a knockout stage tie at home by 2+ goals.
Atlético de Madrid vs Barcelona Champions League preview: Where to ...
Atlético de Madrid vs Barcelona Champions League preview: Where to watch, predicted line-ups, form, coaches' thoughts Monday, April 13, 2026
