La Liga 2024-2025: Atletico Madrid-Barcelona, the probable formations

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Liga 2024-2025: Atletico Madrid-Barcelona, the probable formations

The last act of La Liga before the national team break promises strong emotions, with Simeone's Atletico Madrid hosting Flick's Barcelona. The two teams are separated by just one point in the standings: 57 for the blaugrana (with one match less) and 56 for the colchoneros. Despite the minimal difference, the two teams arrive at the match with opposite moods.

Barcelona, after an up-and-down start, è returned to being a real war machine, winning the last six league games and climbing the standings. In addition, the Catalans celebrated qualification to the Champions League quarterfinals, where they will face Borussia Dortmund. In contrast, Atletico Madrid is going through a difficult time, with a defeat against Getafe and elimination in the Champions League round of 16, after succumbing to Real Madrid on penalties.

The match è also crucial from a mental point of view: a defeat for Atletico would slide the Colchoneros to -4 from the top. The last clash between the two teams, last December, had seen Atletico triumph 1-0 thanks to a Sorloth goal in the 90’.

Aletico Madrid-Barcelona, the probable formations 

Aletico Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Marcos Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; G. Simeone, Barrios, De Paul, Samuel Lino; Alvarez, Griezmann. All. Simeone.

Barcelona (4-3-3): Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, I. Martinez, Balde; Dani Olmo, De Jong, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha. All. Flick.

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