It’s a La Liga showdown at Camp Nou on Wednesday as Barcelona and Atlético Madrid start their quarterfinal.
The 2 sides have met 4 instances this season, twice in league play and twice within the Copa del Rey. It is solely been 4 days because the final time they noticed each other, which ended with a .
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Barcelona holds a dominant document over Atleti on the Camp Nou. The final time the Rojiblancos received away from house in opposition to their La Liga rivals was Feb. 5, 2006. Since then, it has been 18 wins and 7 attracts for Barça.
Barcelona will probably be lacking key gamers reminiscent of Raphinha, Marc Bernal and Frenkie de Jong on account of harm. Lamine Yamal, in the meantime, is a yellow card away from being suspended for subsequent week’s second leg.
In Wednesday’s different quarterfinal, PSG will host Liverpool one yr after the perimeters met within the Spherical of 16, which noticed the Parisians advance after penalty kicks en path to the title.
Liverpool have had a subpar season domestically as they’re in a struggle to stay within the Champions League subsequent season. They enter the primary leg in opposition to PSG off the again of a 4-0 drubbing within the FA Cup quarterfinals in opposition to Manchester Metropolis and a 2-1 Premier League loss to Brighton. The strain has been rising on supervisor Arne Slot and a summer season of change — — is on faucet.
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PSG, in the meantime, are 4 factors forward of Lens in Ligue 1 with a recreation in hand and have solely misplaced as soon as since Feb. 13 in all competitions. They arrived right here after dispatching Chelsea 8-2 over two legs within the Spherical of 16.
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Moments after Pau Cubarsí noticed his yellow card overturned right into a purple card, Álvarez delivered a surprising free kick to place Atlético Madrid up simply earlier than half time.
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After initially being proven a yellow, Cubarsí had his warning upgraded to a purple card for a last-man-back foul.
The house facet will probably be down 10 males for the rest of the match.
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USMNT midfielder Johnny Cardoso isn’t with Atlético Madrid at Camp Nou as he recovers from an harm on worldwide obligation.
Cardoso was subbed out after the primary half in opposition to Belgium final week and returned to Madrid for additional analysis. A thigh muscle problem has stored him out of coaching.
“The plan was for Johnny to play for 45 minutes [against Belgium], however when he completed the 45 minutes, he felt some discomfort in part of his leg, so we determined to not pressure it and ship him again to Madrid,” mentioned U.S. supervisor Mauricio Pochettino.
Atleti play subsequent on Saturday at Sevilla earlier than the second leg in opposition to Barcelona subsequent Tuesday.
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Doué’s shot simply contained in the Liverpool field deflected off Ryan Gravenberch’s foot and over Giorgi Mamardashvili’s head.
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Just a little over 10 minutes into the match at Camp Nou and Barcelona have three photographs on aim. Marcus Rashford (two) and João Cancelo have gotten off good probabilities, however Juan Musso, filling in for an injured Jan Oblak, was as much as the duty.
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Barcelona and Atlético Madrid have kicked off at Camp Nou and the motion has began at Parc des Princes between PSG and Liverpool.
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Griezmann that he’ll depart X after the World Cup to hitch MLS facet Orlando Metropolis on a two-year deal by means of the 2027-28 season — with a membership possibility for 2028-29.
The 34-year-old Griezmann, who’s a two-time Ballon d’Or finalist and World Cup winner, has spent his total membership profession in Spain, starting with Actual Sociedad in 2009 earlier than transferring on for his first stint with Atléti in 2014. After 180 appearances with Rojiblancos, Griezmann joined Barcelona for elements of three seasons earlier than returning to Atlético Madrid in 2022.
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PSG (4-3-3): Matvei Safonov, Willian Pacho, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, João Neves, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Désiré Doué
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Giorgi Mamardashvili, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Milos Kerkez, Joe Gomez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong
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Welcome again for the second day of the Champions League quarterfinals. Right this moment now we have Barcelona and Atlético Madrid from Camp Nou and PSG taking up Liverpool at Parc des Princes.
Arsenal topped Sporting and Bayern Munich edged Actual Madrid 2-1 in Tuesday’s motion. Subsequent week the groups will meet once more within the second legs with journeys to the semifinals on the road.
Champions League quarterfinalsFirst legs
April 7Arsenal 1, Sporting CP 0Bayern Munich 2, Actual Madrid 1
April 8Barcelona vs. Atlético MadridPSG vs. Liverpool
Second legs
April 14Atlético Madrid vs BarcelonaLiverpool vs PSG
April 15Arsenal vs. Sporting CP (Arsenal leads 1-0 on combination)Bayern Munich vs. Actual Madrid (Bayern leads 2-1 on combination)
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All matches will kick off at 3 p.m. ET.
Semifinals: April 28-29 and Might 5-6Final: Might 30 (Puskás Aréna, Hungary)
Wednesday’s Champions League scores
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