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Barcelona fumbled at Celta Vigo, playing 2-2. Everything was perfect until two minutes to go when Spanish star Iago Aspas netted an equalizer. Now, Atletico Madrid, who haven't lost a game since the league restarted this month is Barca's obstacle to the La Liga title.
AllNews reports that for Lionel Messi and co, it was the second draw in three games, with the first one also being on the road, only in Sevilla against the same team.
That match ended without goals, and the reigning Spanish champions instantly lost two points of an advantage they accumulated before the COVID-19 outbreak. Now, Blaugrana sits in a much more difficult situation, and they have to chase Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid - victors against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium on Sunday.
By the way, Barca won the last eight games at home in all the competitions, keeping their goal intact in six of them.
Atletico Madrid played 1-1 against Bilbao in the debut following the comeback, and after that, went on a four-game winning streak which saw them defeating Osasuna 0-5, Valladolid 1-0, Levante 0-1 and finally Alaves 2-1.
The situation for Diego Simeone’s side considering La Liga is pretty clear - they can’t win the title. And on the other hand, they have pretty strong prospects of finishing among the top four teams and checking their UEFA Champions League (UCL) ticket.
Under-pressure Quique Setién on Monday named his 23-man list with Sergio Busquets back after suspension and Sergi Roberto after injury.
One of the fixtures marked in red from the start of the season is now upon the Blaugrana as Simeone's Atlético visit Camp Nou in La Liga on Tuesday.
Barcelona's full list is as follows: Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Sergio, Arthur, Suárez, Messi, Neto, Lenglet, Griezmann, Jordi Alba, Braithwaite, S. Roberto, Vidal, Umtiti, Junior, Iñaki Peña, Riqui Puig, Collado, Ansu Fati, R. Araujo and Monchu. Still out due to injury are Dembélé and De Jong.
On Monday the squad trained for the final time before the visit of Atlético, a session that saw all the available players take part in the session, including Arthur, who did not train on Sunday with the club's permission, and Sergi Roberto.
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 29, 2020
? @SergiRoberto10 resumes group training
? #BarçaAtleti pic.twitter.com/cNtTwcPROQ
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 29, 2020
? @QSetien: ❝@Atleti are a very solid team defensively.❞ #BarçaAtleti pic.twitter.com/KsBuMtqrHX
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 29, 2020
The Spanish capital club are third on the log with 58 points, 11 behind Barça, and are in excellent form with four wins out of five since the return of competition in the middle of this month.
Koke misses out due to suspension for the away side, so Thomas Lemar is expected to feature wide on the left-hand side for Atletico Madrid.
Stefan Savic is as well banned, so Felipe should return and slot in for the visitors.
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? @FCBarcelona ? Atlético de Madrid ?
?⚪ #AúpaAtleti | ⚽ #BarçaAtleti pic.twitter.com/e0SjWIKtt6
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) June 28, 2020
Santiago Arias is expected to rotate into the side at right-back, while Thomas Partey could miss out to Hector Herrera in midfield.
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Tuesday 30th of June 2020 at Camp Nou
8:00 PM British Time; 9:00 PM Nigerian Time
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What a football match!!!
This was Atletico Madrid vs Barçelona in 2009.
Henry, Messi, Forlan and Aguero all scoring some cracking goals
Enjoy!pic.twitter.com/rqEDTw7ifI
— PHemmy Germann (@oluwafemigerman) November 27, 2018
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