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Atletico Madrid and Barcelona face off for the 6th and final time this season: the blaugrana at the Metropolitano must overturn the 2-0 first-leg deficit to reach the semifinals. A difficult task, but one that in the Copa del Rey came down to just a one-goal margin: 4-0 in the first leg, 3-0 in the second, and the final reached by Atletico.
The colchoneros have not made it to the semifinals since 2017, while Barça reached them last year: both teams were stopped at that very stage, losing to Real Madrid and Inter.
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😂 Simeone: "I’ll put 5-6 men on Yamal"
Before the match, Diego Simeone spoke in the mixed zone, responding to Lamine Yamal, who had stirred things up by asking to be left 1v1.
"He wants just one man on him? I think I’ll put 5 or 6 on him."
❌ UEFA rejects Barça’s appeal over Pubill
UEFA declared Barcelona’s appeal "inadmissible" regarding the incident in which Pubill deliberately stopped the ball with his hand in the box from Musso’s restart. An incident that sparked a lot of protests.
✅ OFFICIAL lineups
ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Musso; Molina, Lenglet, Le Normand, Ruggeri; Simeone, Koke, Llorente, Lookman; Griezmann, Alvarez.
BARCELONA (4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Cancelo, Eric Garcia, Martin, Kounde; Pedri, Gavi; Yamal, Olmo, Fermin Lopez; Ferran Lopez
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