Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are playing live for the Spanish Copa del Rey Quarterfinals and the matchup from Camp Nou starts at 4 pm ET and has Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Xavi Hernandez take on the La Liga rival in the quarterfinal first leg game as Atletico tries to stay alive to win the trophy again after taking it in 2013 and it will be streaming on beIn Sport online.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has his team ready for the match and he thinks that Suarez can get a leg up, as he has been struggling and needs to get things going. The two teams played on January 11 already and that saw Barcelona win 3-1, while the teams still have two more matchups coming, one in this tournament and one in La Liga. Atletico Madrid won the Liga Title with a draw at the end of the season against Barca and now they face off in the national competition.
Barcelona comes into things at second in La Liga and they are looking to get a good performance here at home before the next matchup. The teams play again on January 28 and then they will also have another game near the end of the season in La Liga play. Lionel Messi comes in looking to keep things going and the team has some tough matches coming up, as they play Athletic on the La Liga schedule as well as Elche and the team also gets back into Champions League action soon.
Barca faces off against Man City and that will be a very tough and high profile matchup in the round of 16. Man City has been playing very well of late and they now are in second on the EPL table standings. Barcelona will have their hands full, as Man City made a run down the stretch of 2014 and caught up near Chelsea in the EPL and it comes after Manchester won the title last year. Both teams will be looking to dethrone Real Madrid at the top of the champions league and getting out of this matchup could lead to an appearance deep in the tournament.
Atlético Madrid matches up with Barcelona on Wednesday and coming up they have games with Rayo as well as Real Madrid and that will be an anticipated La Liga matchup. The team is currently third in La Liga right now after winning last year and the team has the Champions League coming up after making it to the finals last season. The team lost to Real Madrid and they will have the Round of 16 with Bayer and that will be a tough test.
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