Barcelona VS Atletico Madrid – semi -finals Copa del Rey: Time, Tim updates | Football
Spanish football giants, one point separated in Laliga, turned in the first part of the Spanish Cup semifinals.
WHO: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
What: Spanish semifinals Copa del Rey – First Leg
Where: Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain
When: Tuesday at 9:30 pm (20:30 GMT)
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Barcelona manager Hansa Flick believes his team has to learn from his defeat of Laliga by Atletico Madrid this season and be more clinically in front of a goal when they meet again in his semi -final first part of Copa del Rey.
In December, Atletico rejected her first win in Barca in 18 years with a 2-1 win, despite the hosts dominated in the initial exchanges and scored the first goal.
“This is a new game. We have to prove it,” Flick told reporters on Monday, the day before the house conflict.
“Athletes are a great team, they have invested a lot of money. They have the best defenders and the best attackers. It will be a tough game …
“We need to take the opportunity to score, it is important to score goals. And we have to keep in mind that these are two games, not just one. “
Update Lamina Yamal Injuries
Flick hopes that Lamine Yamal will be available after a 17-year-old wing player missed training on Monday due to a hit on Saturday in a 2-0 victory in Las Palmas.
Yamal, who installed an assist, posted on Instagram a picture of his bloody left leg on Instagram.
“We will have to wait to see if he can play, I think the situation is positive from what the doctor told us. And we want him to be with us,” Flick revealed.
German added that midfielder Dani Olmo could play 90 minutes after recovery from the calf injury suffered in January.
Olmo, who has seven goals and three assists in 22 appearances since he joined Barca in the near season from RB Leipzig, has scored a bench in victory over Las Palmas.
Atletico ready ‘suffer’
Meanwhile, manager Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone urged his players to focus on one game in a demanding schedule as they face Real Madrid next week in the Champions League.
The five -week part includes a two -legged conflict against Real in the last 16 European elite club competitions and another meeting with Barca in Laliga, and Atletico laged two giants for a point at the top of the table in a heated driving title.
“The key, the only way, is to watch every day a match,” Simeone said at his press conference before the match.
“We are excited, we want to compete, we look forward to facing every game in the best possible way and to achieve that we are focused solely on tomorrow’s game.
“It is a very important match, but it does not end tomorrow, it is divided into two stages, one on their home ground and one on ours. And we will take the game where we think we can hurt them.”
The return leg was on April 2 at Metropolitano in Madrid.
Simeone said his side are ready to suffer in what he expects to be a battle against Laliga’s leaders.
“When you face big teams, you know you have to be ready to resist, to bear suffering,” Simeone said.
“There will be good moments for each side and you have to use them.
“We are opposed to the opponent that I really like the way they play. They have a great attack and we will ask us to hurt them where we think we can.”
