After losing to Real Madrid 2-1 in El Clasico last meeting on Saturday, FC Barcelona will be opened Nou Camp welcomes Atletico Madrid again the UEFA Champions League 1st leg 8 at around 01:45 minutes over midnight tonight.
Champions Barcelona have fallen under the right leg, Atletico Madrid 8, 2014 repeatedly tonight will be the revenge of the festive.
Barca boss Luis Enrique: "Atletico Madrid are a top team with a good strategy. They have a good defense and fast typing. The match against Real Madrid we played well for 65 minutes but then we made a mistake. Sure, we're not a machine, and I am satisfied to see teams try all possibilities. We almost forget that defeat, but we will return to win again. "
Team Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone: "I think that Barcelona defeated Real Madrid did not affect the game tonight. We always thought they were the best teams, especially in their territory and they are very tense opponent The most tense. We used to see MSN capabilities that make Barca stronger this season. But hopefully they will meet the very least the same as us. "
Barca host will miss some players like Aleix Vidal (muscle injury), Adriano (hamstring), Sandro Ramirez (hamstring) and Jeremy Mathieu (knee). So your first 11 festivals can be: ter Stegen; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets; Rakitić, Iniesta; Messi, Suárez, Neymar.
But the team Atletico Madrid will be without Tiago (broken leg), Jose Gimenez (hamstring), while Oliver Torres (calf), Yannick Ferreira Carrasco and Saul Niguez ankle injury, Jesus Gamez (calf) is also in doubt. So the first 11 of Atletico Madrid could be: Oblak; Juanfran, Lucas, Godín, Filipe Luís; Gabi, Saúl, Augusto, Koke; Griezmann, Torres.
History and some statistics:
- 2 teams face each other in the UEFA Champions League first group in paragraph 8, 2014, while in Barca territory ended 1-1 home to Atletico Madrid, Barca lost 2-1 (Barcelona).
- Since Atletico Madrid won 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League, met last 6 6 Barca won this season, while La Liga teams have won 2-1 2 feet.
- Lionel Messi's Barca will seek his 500th career game tonight.
This forecast is: Barcelona 2-0 Atletico Madrid, the fans make of it?