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November 21, 2020. 22:00. Madrid. “Metropolitan Wanda”.
The league. Round 10
Atlético (Madrid) – Barcelona
Where to look: MEGOGO
Disqualified: No
Injured: Shime Vrsalko, Manu Sánchez, Héctor Herrera – Samuel Umtiti, Ronald Araujo, Sergio Busquets, Ansu Fati
COVID-19: Lucas Torreira, Luis Suárez (both from Atlético)
Athletic – Barcelona: bookmaker odds
Following a crushing defeat in Munich to Bayern Munich (0: 4) a month ago, Atlético won four victories in the next five matches and drew once. “Mattress” seemed unconvincing in Champions League matches – they barely beat “Salzburg” at home (3: 2) and drew with “Lokomotiv” (1: 1) – but Diego Simeone’s team plays in the championship from Spain in a completely different way. is the leader in lost points. Madrid is already third with two games to play, one point behind Villarreal and three behind Real Sociedad.
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At the moment, Atlético’s undefeated streak in La Liga has now reached 23 games. The last time Colchoneros lost in the championship was on February 1 (0: 1 in the Madrid derby with Real Madrid), and then there were 14 wins and nine draws. And Simeone’s team is currently active on a four-game winning streak, which began with the victory in Vigo over Celta (2: 0). Then “Colchón” solved without problems at home with “Betis” (2: 0) and away from home with “Osasuna” (3: 1), and in the round before the break he defeated “Cádiz” in the “Wanda Metropolitano” with a score of 4: 0, interrupting the Andalusian winning streak. Separately, perhaps, it is worth noting João Feliche, who has scored three doubles in the last four games.
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But “Barcelona”, unlike “Atlético”, in the Champions League is so far without losses, but in general it seems unimportant in the matches of the Spanish championship. On the first day of the group stage of the Champions League, the Catalans alternately beat Ferencvaros (5: 1), Juventus (2: 0) and Dynamo Kiev (2: 1) and practically secured the exit to the round of 16 . Now is the time to work on how to significantly improve your La Liga rankings.
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Ronald Koeman’s team had a bad October at home. It all started with a draw at home to Sevilla (1: 1), after a break for international matches, the Blaugranas first lost away to Getafe (0: 1), and then Barcelona lost at home to Real Madrid in El Clásico (1: 3). The month ended with a completely optional and somewhat stupid draw in Vitoria in a duel against “Alavés”, who spent the last half hour in the minority. This draw brought the team down to the bottom of qualifying and there was little talk that it was time to trade Kuman.
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Interrupting a losing streak, “Barcelona” achieved the “Camp Nou” in a duel against “Betis”. The Catalans started quite strongly, in the middle of the first half, Dembélé advanced to the premises, Griezmann ruined at least three sure chances of scoring, and just before the break, the Sevillians suddenly recovered. In the second half, Koeman released Messi, who finally made the game. First, Lionel helped mark the unfortunate Griezmann, then he converted a penalty and for the first time in a long time he was able to score from the field, having issued a double (by that time the score was 3: 2 in favor of the hosts), the result The final was established by 17-year-old Pedri in 90 minutes. , so this goal marked his debut with Barcelona.
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Athletic – Barcelona: indicative compositions
At Atlético, Croatian defender Shime Vrsaljko is already used to injuries, and during the break Diego Simeone lost three more players. First, Mexican Héctor Herrera was injured at the location of the national team, and then information about the coronavirus outbreak arrived at the location of the Uruguay team. Among those infected were “Mattress” Lucas Torreira and Luis Suárez (El Pistolero really wanted to play against Barcelona, but for now not fate), but José Jiménez, who recently suffered an infection, seems to have escaped reinfection . Also at the disposal of the Spanish quarry, left-back Manu Sánchez was injured. But there is good news for El Cholo: wingers Ferreira-Carrasco and Vitolo have returned, as well as center forward Diego Costa.
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Barcelona still have center-backs Samuel Umtiti and Ronald Araujo on the bench. In a duel against Betis, the young Ansu Fati suffered a serious knee injury, which will take about four months to recover. In addition, with an injury to the location of the Spanish team, the main pivot returned to Sergio Busquets. But he returned to the cage and is ready to play for Madrid from the first minutes of Philippe Coutinho, who was injured in El Clásico. It is the Brazilian who will replace Fati at the “start”, and instead of Busquets, de Jong’s midfield partner will probably be Miralem Pjanic.
List of Barcelona players: Mark-Andre ter Stegen, Neto, Arnau Tenas – Serginho Dest, Gerard Pique, Clement Lengle, Jordi Alba, Junior Firpo, Oscar Mingesa – Carles Alenya, Miralem Pjanic, Ricky Puig, Philippe Coutinho, Pedri, Sergi Roberto Antoine Griezmann, Martin Brightwhite , Lionel Messi, Usman Dembele, Trinkau.
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Athletic – Barcelona: author’s forecast
Diego Simeone lost for the first time as Atlético’s coach to Barcelona in February 2012 (1: 2 over the good Vicente Calderón), and since then El Cholo has never beaten the Catalans in a Spanish league match. His team twice eliminated the “Blaugranas” from the Champions League, in January this year they won the Spanish Super Cup, but in La Liga they still had no victories. In 17 league games, Atlético suffered 11 losses and drew six times (in May 2014, however, a draw equaled a victory, as it helped Mattress to the championship title). Perhaps now is the time to end this nasty streak.
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Barcelona have traditionally played poorly after international breaks. And in general, so far the culés are much more disappointing than convinced of their strength. Griezmann seems like a foreign body, which is also catastrophically unfortunate, the defense is often wrong, forcing the goalkeepers to work to the maximum, far from their best form Frenkie de Jong, Messi is still a genius, but he can no longer drag the team from game to game … Of course, Atlético also have problems. That only Luis Suárez’s injury remains, which would be very useful “Mattress” directly in this match. Still, in the first months of the season, Simeone’s team looked much stronger and more convincing than Barcelona. That is why I am inclined to consider the Madrid players as favorites for the next game. They may not be able to beat the Catalans again, but their chances of winning, like me, are much higher than those of Kuman’s team.
Frequent questions
🥇 What time does the game start?
The match will start at 22:00
🥇 What is the best place to bet?
It is best to place a bet on the Parimatch website at odds of 2.03.
