Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.
Atletico Madrid will find it difficult to withstand the strength of Barcelona unless they already know the weak points of Barcelona, which only rely on one player. Barcelona must win this match to maintain its position at the top of the standings. If Barcelona lose this match, it will make a lot of fans disappointed, and of course, Barcelona will be embarrassed to have lost against Atletico Madrid.
Now, after the loss to Real Madrid, Barcelona has a chance to break away, especially after the last game against Intercity, which threatened to become a disaster for Barcelona.
At the same time, it is in matches against teams such as Atlético that the character of the teams is tested and it will be clear whether the players are ready to fight for Xavi and Barcelona. After the game with Intercity there was a feeling that the players are taking revenge on Xavi for depriving them of the day off.
Atletico in general is a tough nut to crack and out of their last 7 games, 5 games they haven't lost to Barcelona.
So Barcelona should play as hard as they can, no excuses.