Barcelona v Atlético Madrid: La Liga – live!
30-Jun-2020 19:08:04 | The Guardian
Barcelona (4-4-2) ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Vidal, Rakitic, Busquets, Puig; Messi, Suarez.
Substitutes: Neto, Pena, Arthur, Braithwaite, Sergi Roberto, Umtiti, Junior Firpo, Griezmann, Collado, Ansu Fati, Araujo, Monchu.
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2) Oblak; Arias, Felipe, Gimenez, Renan Lodi; Llorente, Thomas, Saul; Carrasco; Correa, Diego Costa.
Substitutes: Adan, Joao Felix, Lemar, Morata, Herrera, Saponjic, Vitolo, Hermoso, Trippier, Garcia, Sanchez, Sendra.
Feels like end times, doesn’t it? Not just for civilised society, but also Barcelona Football Club. If they don’t liven up quicksmart, they will finish a season without a trophy for the first time since the dark days of 2007-08. Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez are 33, Sergio Busquets turns 32 next month, Quique Setien is a walking P45 and there has been enough infighting to make Albert Square seem like idyll itself.
They could still finish the season as champions of Spain and Europe, so it’s not the end of the world just yet, but they have an uncomfortably good view from the precipice. That view will get even better if they fail to beat an Atletico Madrid side who have been in superb form since lockdown.
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