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Spanish football Sunday again delivers a wonderful poster on as Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona in the Vicente Calderon will clash. FC Barcelona has a good balance in the lion’s den of the upcoming rival, but Atletico Madrid now smells blood.
Atletico Madrid: The Madrileños straighten their backs
Atletico Madrid has a midweek Champions League match against Bayer Leverkusen in the legs. Madrileños booked on German soil a resounding 2-4 victory and can now again fully focus on the league at home. This is sorely needed, because a provisional fourth place is direct Champions League participation is far from certain for next season.
Atletico Madrid takes a difficult season and has no time to interfere seriously in the Spanish title race. However, the red whites seem to climb the last few weeks, slowly but surely their sporting valley. In the late comeback against Celta Vigo (3-2) victory on Sporting Gijon (2-4 win) and goleada against Bayer Leverkusen (2-4) the team and Simeone seemed finally to the team that the in previous seasons was doing so well. Especially Griezmann with eighteen goals and eight assists busy. last season, although he had already nineteen balls placed in the basket, but he had only four assists to his name. It is anyway penetrate the forefront of Atleti, because Gameiro and Torres this month well on block. In February it was attacking trio of red whites hitherto jointly accounted for twelve goals. Atletico Madrid back is not as rock solid as before, but keeper Oblak has since been deemed fit again. It is unclear whether the Slovenian Simeone immediately will set target, or that he still holds provisionally to Moya.
Probable lineup Atletico Madrid
Oblak; Filipe Luis, Goddess, Savic, Vrsaljko; Carrasco, Gabi, Koke, Saul Gameiro, Griezmann
Barcelona: Flute Concert at the Camp Nou
FC Barcelona is the football suddenly forgotten? After the 0-4 oorwassing ten days ago at home against Paris Saint-Germain football the Catalan giant had last weekend surprisingly tricky with football dwarf Leganes. It was only in stoppage time Messi drew from the penalty spot for the liberating 2-1. Fans, however, could not appreciate and treated the Blaugrana to a whipping flute concert.
The form crisis at FC Barcelona does not fall from the sky, because the team of coach Luis Enrique has been playing for months substandard and argues mainly promptings of Neymar, Suarez and Messi of course. The big problem of the Catalans is in midfield. Busquets and Rakitic have long been out of shape and André Gomes shows weekly to come short of the absolute top. The time that FC Barcelona based on quality and the ball every opponent completely lost, had therefore now seems to be behind us. However, the FC Barcelona fans need not despair. Real Madrid conceded Wednesday a costly defeat at Valencia, making the Spanish title race is completely open again. In addition, the Vicente Calderon the Catalans in recent years favor. In the last six encounters FC Barcelona took five times the three points and picked up once a point.
Probable lineup Barcelona
Ter Stegen; Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Sergi Roberto; Iniesta, Busquets, André Gomes; Neymar, Suarez, Messi