Match Preview: Barca v Atletico Madrid
Stadium: Camp Nou
Positions:
Barca 2nd
Atletico 3rd
Injured/suspended:
De Jong Injured
Dembele injured
After dropping points once again versus Celta, Barca must win this top of the table six pointer in order to stay in the title race. By far Barca’s toughest opponent since the restart, we must improve drastically in order to get three points over Simeone’s in form men.
Predicted Starting XI:
Ter Stegen
Semedo-Pique-Lenglet-Alba
Rakitic-Busquets-Arthur
Messi-Suarez-Braithwaite
Since this is a crucial game in the title race, Setien must deploy his best XI. The back 4 is pretty straightforward. In midfield Rakitić should expect to start after a good run of form. Busquets is a no-brainer, & Arthur should start since Vidal has been poor with Raki and Busi.
Puig can also replace Arthur since they both occupy the same role, and Puig does it better. Upfront, the most star-studded trio, MSG has been ineffective due to lack of width. Braithwaite or Fati can be brought on to fix this, but at the expense of €120 mil signing Griezmann.
Predicted Scoreline:
Barca 1-1 Atletico
Messi 1 goal
Diego Costa 1 goal

As much as I’d like us to win, it seems unrealistic with all that’s going on in the club, but this is football and hopefully we will be surprised.

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