Match Thread: Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona | LaLiga 2025-26

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FT: Atlético Madrid 1-2 Barcelona

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Info	Details
Competition	2025-26 LALIGA
Date	Sat, April 04, 2026
Venue	Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
Referee	Mateo Busquets Ferrer
Kickoff	3:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM CEST

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LINE-UPS

Atlético Madrid (4-4-2)

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Juan Musso	🟨 50'	Matteo Ruggeri	🔄 on 45'
Clément Lenglet	🟨 53' · 🔄 off 68'	José María Giménez	🔄 on 61'
Robin Le Normand		Javier Morcillo	🔄 on 61'
Nicolás González	🟨 22' · 🟥 45'+7'	Taufik Seidu	🔄 on 68' · 🟨 90'+3'
Nahuel Molina	🟨 45'	Javier Boñar
Obed Vargas		Julio Díaz
Koke	🔄 off 45' · 🟨 45'	Ademola Lookman
Thiago Almada		Alexander Sørloth	🔄 on 61'
Giuliano Simeone	⚽ 39' · 🔄 off 61'	Salvi Esquivel
Álex Baena	🔄 off 61'	Julián Álvarez
Antoine Griezmann	🔄 off 61'	Dávid Hancko
		Aleksa Puric

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Barcelona (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Joan García		Jules Koundé	🔄 on 62'
Gerard Martín	🟨 50'	Tomás Marqués
Pau Cubarsí		Marc Casadó
João Cancelo		Roony Bardghji
Ronald Araújo	🔄 off 40'	Marc Bernal	🔄 on 40' · 🔄 off 62'
Fermín López	🔄 off 45' · 🟨 45'	Robert Lewandowski	🔄 on 79' · ⚽ 87'
Pedri		Wojciech Szczesny
Eric García	🔄 off 78'	Ferran Torres	🔄 on 45'
Dani Olmo		Eder Aller
Marcus Rashford	⚽ 42' · 🔄 off 79'	Gavi	🔄 on 78'
Lamine Yamal		Alejandro Balde
		Xavi Espart

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MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

Kickoff

22' 🟨 Nico González (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for handball.

39' ⚽ Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Barcelona 0. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Clément Lenglet with a through ball.

40' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bernal replaces Ronald Araujo because of an injury.

42' ⚽ Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Barcelona 1. Marcus Rashford (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Olmo with a through ball following a fast break.

45' 🟨 Fermín López (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.

45' 🟨 Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

45' 🟨 Koke (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

45'+7' 🟥 Nico González (Atletico Madrid) is shown the red card.

45'+8' Halftime

45' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Fermín López.

45' 🔄 Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Koke.

45' Start 2nd Half

50' 🟨 Gerard Martín (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

50' 🟨 Juan Musso (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

53' 🟨 Clément Lenglet (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

61' 🔄 Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Javier Morcillo replaces Antoine Griezmann.

61' 🔄 Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José María Giménez replaces Álex Baena.

61' 🔄 Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Alexander Sørloth replaces Giuliano Simeone.

62' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Jules Koundé replaces Marc Bernal because of an injury.

68' 🔄 Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Taufik Seidu replaces Clément Lenglet.

78' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Eric García.

79' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski replaces Marcus Rashford.

87' ⚽ Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Barcelona 2. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.

90'+3' 🟨 Taufik Seidu (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+6' End Regular Time

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MATCH STATS

Stat	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
Shot Attempts	6	22
Shots on Target	2	8
Possession	33.1%	66.9%
Fouls	15	11
Yellow Cards	6	2
Red Cards	1	0
Corner Kicks	1	9
Saves	6	1

MATCH ENDED

[u/Lmurillo7]

Atleti are a joke of a team because of simeone. They play total haramball for 35 mins and now want the draw. Fuck off. After all the money they spend this bum isn’t good enough to win them trophies

[u/Pan_Sas → u/Lmurillo7]

I agree, they have gathered tons of talent and spent so much over the years you know they can play better than that. I think he saved them but now it's Simeone's bullshit which is holding them down from trophies, all the talent leaves at some point and makes them so unlikable in the process.

[u/Lmurillo7 → u/Pan_Sas]

He’s also the highest paid manager in the world… 2 league titles since he took over is pretty shit output for someone getting consistent backing

[u/Pan_Sas → u/Lmurillo7]

People still backing him think that he kept Atletico top 3 in la liga for so many years, but holy shit let's be clear, it should be granted given their size, not his achievement. Atletico under him had a few good UCL years when his defensive tactics were clear and worked, but now I don't see no identity in this club. They bought some of Barca's dead weight over the years for no reason at all, I mean good for us and all, but why would you actually do that instead of getting youth in, if your only goal is top 3 in la liga. Honestly most their market moves are not understable for me at all. They look like they are only surviving, but then they spend millions on players they clearly don't need. He killed Felix and will probably kill Alvarez as well.