Barcelona v Atlético Madrid: La Liga – dwell | La Liga

39 min Atletico’s best strike so far finishs with Gallagher’s stoasty turn asideing behind for a … Barcelona free-start, as there was an offside in the produce up.

36 min Kounde produces a excellent underlapping run, twists away from Gallagher and picks out Fermin Lopez on the edge of the area. He shapes to shoot and then tries to go past De Paul, who produces a repartner vital tackle.

34 min Barcelona deserve to be ahead after a dominant first half hour. We haven’t seen haveion stats but it experiences about 70/30.

32 min “I have the wonderfulest esteem for Atletico, a wonderful club with a strong culture and fervent base of help in one of Europe’s wonderful cities,” says Phil Podolsky. “But moving there from a club regulated by Pep Guardiola is someleang most elite footballers would rather do once they’re on the wrong side of 30, no?”

He fair wanted to take part every week didn’t he?

Pedri getd the ball on the left triumphg and zipped infield with purpose. He poked the ball into Gavi on the edge of the area, seeing for a one-two, and kept running. Gavi misadministerled the ball (I leank, although he’s so talented that it could have been intentional) on the edge of the area – but it turned into a perfect return pass for Pedri, who scooted thraw and directd a stoasty atraverse Oblak.

GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Atletico Madrid (Pedri 30)

27 min Griezmann triumphs Atletico’s first corner. Pena punches it away effectively, if not entidepend convincingly.

25 min: Chance for Barcelona Raphinha gets the corner, gets it back and whips an timely traverse towards the proximate post. Gavi greets it eight yards from goal and heads expansive. He couldn’t quite flick it towards goal.

25 min Another very hazardous instriumphging traverse from Raphinha is headed behind by the diving Gimenez. Raphinha has been Barcelona’s main strikeing danger.

21 min No penalty. But almost a goal from Inigo Martinez, who stays up follotriumphg a corner and tests Oblak with a stinging stoasty from 15 yards. It was straight enough that Oblak could stand lofty and beat the ball away.

20 min Raphinha’s instriumphging traverse bounces up ineptly beyond the far post and hits the elbow of the unsighted Simeone. Barcelona want a penalty. It’s being checked by VAR.

18 min The first danger from Atletico. Gallagher clips a pass over the top to Simeone, who tries to head the ball square to Griezmann in the area. Martinez gets there first and boots the ball away.

15 min At the moment Atletico can’t suit Barcelona’s intensity, never mind their quality in haveion. But they are deffinishing firmly under relentless prescertain and Oblak hasn’t had a stubborn save to produce. Yet.

13 min Lopez’s instriumphging traverse from the left beats all the outfield take parters at the proximate post and is palmed away by Oblak. He read the take part well and in doing so made it a more consoleable save than it might have been.

10 min Raphinha’s traverse is headed behind by the diving Gimenez. Noleang comes of the corner but it’s a continuation of Barcelona’s finish dominance timely on.

7 min “Rob, I used to cherish the anticipation of watching a Barça game,” says Charles Antaki. “Iniesta … Xavi … Messi, so youthful and so luminous. But the Righteous Brothers had me in mind, and I mistrust a lot of other people too: I’ve lost that lovin’ experienceing; it’s gone, gone gone, and Robert Lewandowski isn’t going to transport it back. Maybe Lamine Yamal … also Gavi … Pedri … hmm, perhaps I’ll watch a bit.”

I leank you’ll discover the accurate order is Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, if only to help a Little Mix pun.

6 min Lopez’s traverse is headed over in front of the proximate post by Lewandowski.

It was actupartner Conor Gallagher who blocked that Raphinha stoasty, which might otherrational have beaten the diving Oblak.

5 min Barcelona persist to put grave prescertain on Atletico timely on. Raphinha’s stoasty from 15 yards hits two Atletico deffinishers before being evidented; the second block may have saved a goal. Not certain who the deffinisher was.

3 min Barcelona have maded a repartner quick commence. Balde hammers a hazardous traverse towards Raphinha at the far post, but the ball is sweightlessly behind him and he can only head the ball away from goal.

2 min Barcelona have Raphinha on the right, with Gavi take parting from the left and Fermin Lopez behind Lewandowski.

1 min Peep peep! The huge game is under way. Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is suspfinished by the way; he’s in the stands but is not helped in the dressing-room. Check the launparched baskets.

It’s almost time for start off, so let’s have a reminder of the teams. I’ve enumerateed Barcelona with Raphinha on the right but they may have Fermin Lopez right, Gavi in the centre and Raphinha to the left.

Barcelona (possible 4-2-3-1) Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Cadowncasto, Pedri; Raphinha, Fermin Lopez, Gavi; Lewandowski.
Substitutes: R Araujo, Olmo, ⁠Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, Pablo Torre, Pau Víctor, F De Jong, Szczęsny, Astralaga, Eric, Gerard Martin, Sergi Domínguez.

Atletico Madrid (possible 4-4-2) Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, de Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Griezmann, Alvarez.
Substitutes: Azpilicueta, Correa, Koke, Lemar, Le Normand, Lino, Mandava, Molina, Musso, Riquelme, Sorloth, Witsel.

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