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Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona

Date
Tue 14th April 2026 (UTC)
Tue 14th April 2026 (Local)

Timestamp
2026-04-14T19:00:00

Time

19:00:00 UTC (21:00:00 Local)

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League
UEFA Champions League

Season
2025-2026

Round
125

Status
Match Finished

Location
Spain
Riyadh Air Metropolitano

Lookman

(31')

	Yamal		(04')
	Torres		(24')

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Home Team Lineup

Koke Cardoso 89	Normand	Lenglet
Simeone Baena 66	Lookman Nicolás G 66	Álvarez
Llorente	Musso	Ruggeri
Molina	Griezmann Alexander 76

Away Team Lineup

Olmo Bardghji 89	Gavi Jong 81	Pedri
López Rashford 68	Koundé	García
García	Torres Lewandowsk 68	Martín
Yamal	Cancelo Ronald Ara 89

Event Statistics

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total passes

285

694

Passes accurate

203

625

Passes %

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1.64

2.25

goals_prevented

Description

The second leg of this all-Spanish quarter-final at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano finds Atlético Madrid in a strong position following their stunning 2–0 victory at the Spotify Camp Nou. The primary challenge for Diego Simeone’s side is to withstand the inevitable early onslaught from a wounded Barcelona team that must score at least twice to keep their European season alive. The objective for "Los Colchoneros" is to maintain their trademark defensive compactness while using the electric home atmosphere to catch the visitors on the break.

Strategically, the goal for Barcelona and Hansi Flick is to find a way through the low block that stifled Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal in the first leg. The tactical focus for Atlético will be on the midfield engine room, where Koke and Johnny Cardoso aim to disrupt Barcelona’s build-up play. With a place in the semi-finals against Arsenal on the line, the ultimate goal for Atlético is to protect their aggregate lead and reach the final four for the first time since 2017.

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Result Description

Atlético Madrid secured their passage to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, despite a narrow 2–1 defeat on the night to FC Barcelona. Having won the first leg 2–0, Atlético’s primary objective was to avoid a total collapse, ultimately progressing 3–2 on aggregate.

The match began in frantic fashion as Barcelona struck twice in the opening 25 minutes. Lamine Yamal silenced the Metropolitano in the 4th minute by pouncing on a defensive error, and Ferran Torres leveled the aggregate score in the 24th minute with a powerful finish. However, the momentum shifted just after the half-hour mark when Ademola Lookman finished a brilliant counter-attack to put Atlético back ahead on aggregate. The second half was a story of defensive grit; even after Barcelona's Eric García was sent off in the 79th minute, the visitors continued to press, with Ronald Araújo missing a point-blank header in the final moments of stoppage time. Simeone’s men held firm through eight minutes of injury time to spark wild celebrations in Madrid.

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