Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona live score, stats, highlights, result, talking points as Lewandowski gives Barca vital late lead

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Barcelona will seek to extend their advantage at the top of La Liga when they travel to the capital to face Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

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Hansi Flick’s defending champions have a four-point advantage over Real Madrid and can advance to the last seven with eight games remaining after Los Blancos suffered a 2-1 defeat at Real Mallorca earlier today.

Before the international break, Atletico lost 3-2 in the Madrid derby, completely ending Atletico’s weak hopes of winning the title. A 13-point lead over fifth-placed Real Betis means Atletico Madrid is almost firmly in the top four.

The match is the first of three in 11 days since the two clubs met in the Champions League quarter-finals. Therefore, both starting lineups have elements of the rotation of Flick and his counterpart Diego Simeone.

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona score

Starting lineup:

Atletico Madrid (4-4-2, right to left): Musso (GK) – Molina, Lenglet, Lenormand, Gonzalez – Simeone, Vargas, Koke, Baena – Griezmann, Almada

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Barcelona (4-2-3-1 from right to left): Joan Garcia (GK) – Araujo, Cubas, Martin, Cancelo – Pedri, Eric Garcia – Lamine Yamar, Lopez, Olmo – Rashford

Highlights, key events from Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona

87 minutes: Lewandowski did win for Barcelona! Cancelo turned around on the left side of the penalty area. He fired towards the goal, Musso pushed his shot away and Lewandowski bumped his shoulder into the ball for a makeshift finish.

69 minutes: Wonderful save from Musso! Barcelona relies on its personnel advantage to push its opponents farther and farther away. their

49 minutes: No red card! Downgraded to yellow! After a sideline review, Martin was given a reprieve. As you can imagine, this is very popular among the locals.

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46 minutes: Red card! It’s 10 versus 10! Gerard Martin completed the challenge, driving his cleats into Almada’s ankle. Oh, wait a minute, we’re going to do VAR…

45_5 minutes: VAR chaos! Yes, there’s a lot going on there. After the offside check is over, it is also necessary to check whether the foul is in the penalty area. It wasn’t originally, However The referee deemed Gonzalez had spurned a clear scoring opportunity and upgraded his second yellow card to a straight red card. Then, judging by the resulting free kick, Bernal should have given Barcelona the lead.

45+2 minutes: Red card! Nicholas Gonzalez is sent off! It didn’t take long for Atletico to win this game. Now their number is down to 10 people. Gonzalez had already received a yellow card when he ran behind a furious Lamine Yamal and crashed into the Barca winger.

But wait…we’re going to check if Lamin is offside. If he was, the red card would be overturned… No, he’s walking.

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42 minutes: Rashford upgrades quickly! Barca were back to form almost immediately, with typical Marcus Rashford coming in from the left wing, exchanging passes with Dani Olmo before shooting through Musso’s legs. It was Rashford’s 11th goal of the season and first since January.

40 minutes: Giuliano Simeone scores, Atletico Madrid 1-0! A proud father celebrated on the touchline when Giuliano struck down Joan Garcia with a fragile offside trap. To further complicate matters for Barca, Ronald Araujo was injured to make way for Marc Bernal.

34 minutes: Lamine Yamar hits the post! There was a great interaction between Fermin Lopez and Pedri, who released Lamine Yamar. The winger shoots deftly against an upright player.

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