La Liga Round 30: FC Barcelona - Atletico Madrid 1-0

[Porque]

Marquez has requested to not take the B team players if they are not going to play, so that he can use them in the B teams promotion push btw.

Might be part of the reason why Yamal is there. Barcelona B have an important game today.

For the goalkeeper Tenas, it is not as much of a hinderance travelling with the B team today and back for the A team tomorrow as 3rd choice goalkeeper.

 

[Capitan Puyol]

Last Atletico win at Camp Nou is in 2006 ! We owned them at home.

 

[JamDav1982]

Yamal will be there as part of the push to make sure he stays.

Good move to get him to sample what match day is like for a Barca player.

 

[fergus90]

Massive game today. Looking forward to seeing De Jong and Pedri back after the horrendous midfield of the last few weeks

 

[Respekt_III]

Freaking struggling to stay awake for this. I hope it won't be a dull boring game between two negative managers because that's going to make it hard to watch lol

 

[JamDav1982]

Frenkie starts.

Pedri bench.

 

[mc_lovin]

Reasonable line-up. Can’t wait for Pedri though.

 

[JamDav1982]

Ferran on left.... only been decent on right recently.

Not sure what else Xavi could have picked though and Ferran been better than Fati the past few weeks.. albeit on other side.

The midfield opefully FDJ provides that balance that was absolutely missing last couple games.

Reckon Atleti will try to isolate Correa v Alonso and he will peel off into the space left by Balde going forward all game then try to get Alonso 1v1.

 

[delancey]

Is Torre that inferior and underdeveloped? Why isn’t he ever given any minutes?

 

[JamDav1982]

Is Torre that inferior and underdeveloped? Why isn’t he ever given any minutes?

He should have come on earlier last week and a few other games but no chance be starting v Atletico.

 

[CatalinR10]

Just please don't lose this one bro , please

 

[Barcaman]

1-0 masterclass incoming

 

[jamrock]

Don't lose

At the end it will make no diffidence we will still win the league, but having drawn two games we should have won, can't lose this.

Need to win the league with at least a 6-9 point buffer.

 

[DonAK]

Wouldn't expect much from Frenkie and Pedri given the time they've been out. Same for Dembele had he been available today.

 

[mc_lovin]

Would guess we were conservative with Frenkie and Pedri... hence one of them is starting. Expect them to be close to 100%.