{"id":3482,"date":"2026-04-13T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3482\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:35:18","slug":"lamine-yamal-fermin-lopez-and-barcelona-stars-in-good-spirits-as-catalans-land-in-madrid-for-crunch-champions-league-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3482\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez and Barcelona stars in good spirits as Catalans land in Madrid for crunch Champions League match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">FC Barcelona\u2019s plane has landed in enemy territory. The team knows the mission, and preparations have begun. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-uefa-champions-league\/117538\/how-will-barcelona-line-up-against-atletico-madrid-champions-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bar\u00e7a will need at least two goals to overturn a 0-2 loss against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bar\u00e7a will need at least two goals to overturn a 0-2 loss against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bar\u00e7a will need at least two goals to overturn a 0-2 loss against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a> and continue on their quest to win the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The expedition landed in Madrid at 12:30 p.m. local time. Hansi Flick and Lamine Yamal will attend a pre-match press conference at 5:15 p.m., shortly before the squad trains at 6 p.m., for the final time before the match, which is tomorrow at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The players have been in good spirits on the trip. Lamine Yamal, Alejandro Balde and Fermin Lopez were spotted joking about the new scar on Fermin\u2019s head after a collision in training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s Harry Potter\u00a0\u2018s scar,\u201d jokes Yamal. \u201cIt\u2019s warrior stuff\u201d\u00a0is the reponse from Lopez. And Balde adds: \u201cThanks to this, we\u2019re going to turn things around, I\u2019ve already said it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dani Olmo is also feeling confident, predicting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-la-liga\/117400\/barcelona-espanyol-la-liga-final-score-match-report-recap-reactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ferran Torres will score another brace after his two goals against Espanyol at the weekend.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ferran Torres will score another brace after his two goals against Espanyol at the weekend.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ferran Torres will score another brace after his two goals against Espanyol at the weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Three thousand fans will accompany the blaugrana at the Metropolitano Stadium, as well as acting club president Rafael Yuste, vice-president Josep Cubells, and president-elect Joan Laporta.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The team will stay at the Eurostars Madrid Tower hotel, the same hotel they stayed at last time they went to Madrid for a league game which ended in triumph. The starting XI is yet to be defined but Hansi Flick is sure to be cooking something special as Barcelona will require a legendary performance to score multiple goals against Diego Simeone\u2019s defensively resilient team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Barcelona will be looking to avenge an elimination from the Copa del Rey this season as well as previous eliminations at the hands of Atl\u00e9tico in previous editions of the Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona\u2019s plane has landed in enemy territory. The team knows the mission, and preparations have begun. 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