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<\/p>\nThe second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal matches will be played this week, and the semifinal matches will be set up.<\/p>\n
Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona face off for the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal match. Tonight, Atletico Madrid will play at home at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano to host FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Last week, the first leg between the two teams was played at the Spotify Camp Nou. Atletico Madrid defeated FC Barcelona 2-0 away from home with goals from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth.<\/p>\n
Alvarez scored a free kick in the 45th minute following a red card by Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsi. In the second half, Sorloth scored the second goal in the 70th minute.<\/p>\n
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Julian Alvarez of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 Quarter-Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and Club Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid at Camp Nou on April 08, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso\/Getty Images)Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, both teams played in La Liga with Barcelona getting a win, and Atletico Madrid suffered another league loss.<\/p>\n
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 4-1 at the Camp Nou with goals from Lamine Yamal<\/a>, Marcus Rashford, and Ferran Torres, who scored two goals.<\/p>\n With a heavily rotated sqaud, Atletico Madrid lost 2-1 to Sevilla away from home; Javier Bo\u00f1ar scored the only Atletico Madrid goal.<\/p>\n Official Lineups for Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona<\/p>\n Atletico Madrid<\/p>\n Defenders: Matteo Ruggeri, Clement Lenglet, Robin Le Normand, Nahuel Molina<\/p>\n Midfielders: Ademola Lookman, Koke, Marcos Llorente, Giuliano Simeone<\/p>\n Forwards: Julian Alvarez, Antoine Griezmann<\/p>\n Injuries: Pablo Barrios, David Hancko, Jose Gimenez, Marc Pubill* (*Suspended)<\/p>\n FC Barcelona<\/p>\n Defenders: Joao Cancelo, Gerard Martin, Eric Garcia, Jules Kounde<\/p>\n Midfielders: Pedri, Gavi, Dani Olmo<\/p>\n Forwards: Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal<\/p>\n Injuries: Toni Fernandez, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Pau Cubarsi* (*Suspended)<\/p>\n Where to Watch Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona – 2nd Leg UCL Quarterfinal<\/p>\n The second leg of Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinal will kick off at 3 p.m. ET\/ 12 p.m. PT in the United States. The match will kick off at 9 p.m. local time at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n The match will be available to watch in the United States and in other countries across select TV channels and streaming services.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 14, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal matches will be played this week, and the semifinal matches…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1309,3322,723,1459,179,92,187,939,927,93,223,931,934,728,2044,721,937,2043,674,1463,938,1416,2900,936,2901,2042,1457,2178,664,94,2366,2898,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-4628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-ademola-lookman","9":"tag-alexander-sorloth","10":"tag-andreas-christensen","11":"tag-antoine-griezmann","12":"tag-atletico-madrid","13":"tag-barcelona","14":"tag-champions-league","15":"tag-dani-olmo","16":"tag-eric-garcia","17":"tag-espanyol","18":"tag-fc-barcelona","19":"tag-fermin-lopez","20":"tag-ferran-torres","21":"tag-gavi","22":"tag-giuliano-simeone","23":"tag-joan-garcia","24":"tag-joao-cancelo","25":"tag-juan-musso","26":"tag-julian-alvarez","27":"tag-koke","28":"tag-lamine-yamal","29":"tag-marc-pubill","30":"tag-marcos-llorente","31":"tag-marcus-rashford","32":"tag-matteo-ruggeri","33":"tag-nahuel-molina","34":"tag-pablo-barrios","35":"tag-pau-cubarsi","36":"tag-pedri","37":"tag-raphinha","38":"tag-riyadh-air-metropolitano","39":"tag-robin-le-normand","40":"tag-sevilla"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}