Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid – Copa del Rey semifinal: Time, team updates

Who: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid

What: Spanish Copa del Rey semifinal – first leg
Where: Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain
When: Tuesday at 9:30pm (20:30 GMT)
Follow the match’s live streamed text and photo commentary on Al Jazeera.

In their Copa del Rey semifinal first leg, Barcelona manager Hansi Flick believes his team needs to take lessons from their recent LaLiga defeat against Atletico Madrid.

Despite the hosts dominating the opening exchanges and netting the opener goal, Atletico won their first away game against Barca in 18 years with a 2-1 victory in December.

“This is a new game. We have to prove it,” Flick told reporters on Monday, a day ahead of the home clash.

“Atleti are a great team, they have invested a lot of money. They both have the best attackers and defenders. It will be a difficult game …

The key is to score goals, not to miss out on the chance to score. And we need to remember that there are more than just one game. ”

Lamine Yamal injury update

After missing training on Monday because of a knock he picked up in the team’s 2-0 victory at Las Palmas on Saturday, Netflix hopes to have Lamine Yamal back.

Yamal, who bagged an assist, posted a picture of his bloody left foot on Instagram after the match.

According to what the doctor has told us, we will have to wait to see if he can play. And we want him to be with us,” Flick revealed.

Dani Olmo, a midfielder, could play 90 minutes after recovering from a calf injury in January, the German added.

In the win over Las Palmas, Olmo scored off the bench in the win, which he had seven goals and three assists in 22 games since joining Barca from RB Leipzig in the offseason.

Atletico ready to ‘suffer’

In addition, Diego Simeone, manager of Atletico Madrid, has urged his players to concentrate on one game at a time as they prepare to face Real Madrid in the Champions League the following week.

In the final 16 of Europe’s elite club competition, Real square off against Real and a second time in LaLiga, where Atletico leads the two giants by a point in a title fight roil.

“The key, the only way, is to look at each day match-by-match,” Simeone said in his pre-match press conference.

“We are excited, we want to compete, looking forward to facing each game in the best way possible and to achieve that we are focused solely on tomorrow’s game.

“It’s a very important match, but it doesn’t end tomorrow, it’s divided into two stages, one on their home court and one on ours. And we’ll play it where we believe we can hurt them. ”

On April 2, the Metropolitano in Madrid will host the return leg.

In a battle that he anticipates will be between LaLiga’s leaders, Simeone said his side is prepared to suffer.

“When you face big teams, you know you have to be prepared to resist, to endure suffering,” Simeone said.

You must profit from the good times that will be had by both sides.