It’s a La Liga showdown at Camp Nou on Wednesday as Barcelona and Atlético Madrid start their Champions League quarterfinal.
The two sides have met 4 occasions this season, twice in league play and twice within the Copa del Rey. It’s solely been 4 days for the reason that final time they noticed each other, which ended with a 2-1 Barcelona victory.
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Barcelona holds a dominant report over Atleti on the Camp Nou. The final time the Rojiblancos received away from residence towards their La Liga rivals was Feb. 5, 2006. Since then, it has been 18 wins and 7 attracts for Barça.
Barcelona shall be lacking key gamers akin to Raphinha, Marc Bernal and Frenkie de Jong attributable to harm. Lamine Yamal, in the meantime, is a yellow card away from being suspended for subsequent week’s second leg.
In Wednesday’s different quarterfinal, PSG will host Liverpool one 12 months after the edges met within the Round of 16, which noticed the Parisians advance after penalty kicks en path to the title.
Liverpool have had a subpar season domestically as they’re in a struggle to stay within the Champions League subsequent season. They enter the first leg towards PSG off the again of a 4-0 drubbing within the FA Cup quarterfinals towards Manchester City and a 2-1 Premier League loss to Brighton. The strain has been rising on supervisor Arne Slot and a summer time of change — beginning with the departure of Mohamed Salah — is on faucet.
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PSG, in the meantime, are 4 factors forward of Lens in Ligue 1 with a recreation in hand and have solely misplaced as soon as since Feb. 13 in all competitions. They arrived right here after dispatching Chelsea 8-2 over two legs within the Round of 16.
Follow together with Yahoo Sports for all of Wednesday’s Champions League motion:
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Barcelona and Atlético Madrid have kicked off at Camp Nou and the motion has began at Parc des Princes between PSG and Liverpool.
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Griezmann announced in March that he’ll depart X after the World Cup to hitch MLS aspect Orlando City on a two-year deal via the 2027-28 season — with a membership choice for 2028-29.
The 34-year-old Griezmann, who’s a two-time Ballon d’Or finalist and World Cup winner, has spent his complete membership profession in Spain, starting with Real Sociedad in 2009 earlier than transferring on for his first stint with Atléti in 2014. After 180 appearances with Rojiblancos, Griezmann joined Barcelona for components of three seasons earlier than returning to Atlético Madrid in 2022.
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PSG (4-3-3): Matvei Safonov, Willian Pacho, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, João Neves, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Désiré Doué
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Giorgi Mamardashvili, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Milos Kerkez, Joe Gomez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong
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Welcome again for the second day of the Champions League quarterfinals. Today we now have Barcelona and Atlético Madrid from Camp Nou and PSG taking up Liverpool at Parc des Princes.
Arsenal topped Sporting and Bayern Munich edged Real Madrid 2-1 in Tuesday’s motion. Next week the groups will meet once more within the second legs with journeys to the semifinals on the road.
Champions League quarterfinals
First legs
April 7
Arsenal 1, Sporting CP 0
Bayern Munich 2, Real Madrid 1
April 8
Barcelona vs. Atlético Madrid
PSG vs. Liverpool
Second legs
April 14
Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona
Liverpool vs PSG
April 15
Arsenal vs. Sporting CP (Arsenal leads 1-0 on mixture)
Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid (Bayern leads 2-1 on mixture)
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All matches will kick off at 3 p.m. ET.
Semifinals: April 28-29 and May 5-6
Final: May 30 (Puskás Aréna, Hungary)