Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are playing live on the Copa Del Rey Quarterfinal schedule on Wednesday and the Spanish Cup match at Vicente Calderon starts at 3 pm ET and is online streaming from beIN Sport with Lionel Messi in action.
Barcelona comes in leading the matchup on aggregate heading into the second leg match 1-0 and that comes after the team won last week at home. The two play again on Wednesday and then they will have another matchup in La Liga play and that also will be from Vicente Calderon. Atletico Madrid hosts this time around in the quarter clash and they come in down a goal after the last match saw a controversial penalty in the first leg and now they have to come from behind.
The two teams already played earlier in the month in a La Liga matchup and that saw Barcelona win as well and that was a strong 3-1 performance and now they will try and do it again. Playing at home could be the major difference for Atletico, as they are a different team there and they could equal things up. Atletico Madrid centre-back Diego Godin will be out and that could have a major impact on the game and Lionel Messi comes in after getting the goal for Barcelona.
Barca comes in playing well, as they put in six goals in a shutout of Elche this past week and now they have some confidence coming into this matchup. Barca is playing well, but they know that Atletico has their number at times, as they knocked them from the Champions League and the La Liga title chase last season. Luis Suarez could be in the starting lineup and Messi and Neymar come in after scoring twice each over the weekend and the lineup should have some of the top Barca starters. The earlier matchup in La Liga saw Messi and Neymar score and now they come in at second in the league standings, while Atletico is in third place.
Barcelona has had some tough stretches this season and they come in playing well with wins against Deportivo, Elche and Atletico and they last lost against Real Sociedad in Liga play. Coming up the team has Manchester City in the Champions League and that will be in the round of 16. The first leg match for Messi and company will be at the Etihad Stadium before heading to spain in the second leg.
Atletico Madrid and Barcelona played last year in the season to end things and the La Liga title was on the line, with Atletico winning the championship with a draw. Barcelona needed a win and Madrid won the title for the first time in over a decade and win would have given Lionel Messi's side the title. Atletico finished three points ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid and now those three teams are all in the mix again this year.
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