Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona LIVE
Atletico Madrid take on Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final this evening at the Estadio Metropolitano.
Atleti have a two-goal advantage after their shock 2-0 win at the Spotify Nou Camp last time out, as Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth got the goals for the visitors.
Diego Simeone masterminded the unlikeliest of victories last week, although his side were aided by a sending off for Pau Cubarsi, who was dismissed for a pull on Simeone’s son Giuliano, who was deemed to have been clean through on goal.
Now, it means that Hansi Flick will be without one of his first-choice central defenders this evening, and instead he will likely have to plump for Ronald Araujo or shift Eric Garcia, the former Man City man, back into his natural berth having been playing in midfield.
Barca are the runaway leaders in La Liga , but they risk losing out on a league and European Cup double unless they produce a remarkable turnaround this evening.
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Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona latest updates
HT: Atletico 1-2 Barcelona (3-2 on agg)
There's the interval.
What a first half.
Atletico lead on aggregate.
What can Barcelona do in the second half?
43 mins: Close!
Torres produces a neat pirouette on the edge of the area and looks to shoot, but he’s foiled by the onrushing Musso.
40 mins: The whistles louden as Barca knock the ball around.
There’s a real hostility bubbling at the moment.
35 mins: What a response from Atletico.
Can Barcelona come back again?
24 mins: Barca are all the way back, and Ferran Torres fires them level.
A great finish across Musso, as Atleti give the ball away cheaply before Olmo slots Torres into the area, and the former Man City forward lashes it it into the corner.
21 mins: Close!
Atleti are getting nearer to an equaliser on the night as Lookman skins Kounde and flashes it into the near post.
Griezmann attacks it, but puts it the wrong side of the upright.
18 mins: Barca are looking to build patiently as they always do but there’s just no real impetus with their passing at the moment.
Can they find that one ball that can unlock the Atleti defence?
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