Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 9:15 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Atletico Madrid receives today, April 14, the visit of the Barcelonain the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after 2-0 for Madrid in the round. The game scheduled at 22:00 will be on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1 and liveTEXT on GSP.ro.
In the round, Atletico Madrid prevailed 2-0 at Camp Nou, Pau Cubarsi was eliminated, and Hansi Flick will not be able to rely on him in tonight's duel.
The team that manages to move on will face the winner of the “double” between Arsenal and Sporting in the semi-final. The Gunners have a minimal advantage in the round.
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The starting teams at Atletico Madrid – Barcelona
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Musso – Molina, Le Normand, Lenglet, Ruggeri – Simeone, Llorente, Koke, Lookman – Griezmann, Alvarez
Reserves: Oblak, Esquivel, Mendoza, Cardoso, Sorloth, Baena, Almada, Vargas, Gonzalez, D. Martinez, Bonar, J. Diaz
Coach: Diego Simeone
Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia – Kounde, E. Garcia, G. Martin, Cancelo – Pedri, Gavi – Yamal, F. Lopez, Olmo – F. Torres
reserves: Szczesny, Kochen, Balde, Araujo, Lewandowski, Rashford, Casado, De Jong, Bardghji, Cortes, Xavi Espart, Marques
Coach: Hansi Flick
In the round, Atletico Madrid managed to win 2-0 at Camp Nou at the end of a duel refereed by Istvan Kovacs. The Romanian showed Pau Cubarsi the red card in the 41st minute of the game, after the Catalan defender stopped Giuliano Simeone alone with the goalkeeper. The removal of the Spaniard changed the game and Julian Alvarez and Sorloth scored the goals that brought victory.
In the last 5 direct meetings between the two teams at the Metropolitano, Barcelona prevailed 4 times and Atletico once. In the most recent visit of the Catalans, Flick's team managed to win 2-1. The last victory of Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano against Barcelona came on February 12, score 4-0.
History is on Atletico's side: the Madrid side have not lost at home in a Champions League knockout stage since 1997, according to Spanish journalists.
Hansi Flick expressed his displeasure at the official training session with the height of the grass at the Metropolitano, but the Catalans have not submitted any official complaint to UEFA in this regard.
We know what we need and what we will be looking for in the field. Our objective is to go further and we will play in such a way that this happens. We will approach the game as we have always played against Barcelona. We know they are a very good opponent, but we are also aware of our goal, which is to qualify
–Diego Simeone
The important thing is to put pressure on them. If they don't have pressure, they play well and it won't be easy for us to defend. We need a good connection between the players. Some matches are decided in moments
-Hansi Flick
