{"id":166247,"date":"2026-04-07T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166247"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:56:36","slug":"barcelona-vs-atletico-champions-league-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166247","title":{"rendered":"BARCELONA vs. ATL\u00c9TICO: Champions League MATCH PREVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Y71XQ8hokw?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The UEFA Champions League is back this week with Quarterfinal action, and no matchup is looking more exciting than the rematch of last week&#8217;s La Liga bout, Hansi Flick&#8217;s Barcelona gets set to face off vs. Diego Simeone &#038; his Atl\u00e9tico Madrid squad. Will Lamine Yamal be able to lead his squad to a lead in the first leg of this tie? Or will Julian Alvarez &#038; the Orlando City-bound Antoine Griezmann be able to exact their revenge on Barca? Join the crew as they preview the match, react to all of the storylines leading up to the contest and giving their predictions on who they think will qualify for the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Diego Simeone on BARCA<br \/>\n1:01 The Tie WON&#8217;T BE CALM<br \/>\n2:21 A game of two halves?<br \/>\n2:56 Atl\u00e9tico vs. Barca Starting XI<br \/>\n3:34 1st half match stats<br \/>\n4:05 Atl\u00e9tico Projected Starting XI<br \/>\n5:54 Approaching the match up<br \/>\n6:17 Lamine Yamal&#8217;s play<br \/>\n7:32 Jan Oblak back in net?<br \/>\n7:57 Barcelona&#8217;s feelings pre-match<br \/>\n8:59 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#barcelona #atleticomadrid #barca #atletico #uefachampionsleague #championsleague #uefa #ucltoday #ucl #matchpreview #preview #cbssports #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #soccer #football<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Y71XQ8hokw\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League is back this week with Quarterfinal action, and no matchup is looking more exciting than the rematch of last week&#8217;s La Liga bout, Hansi Flick&#8217;s Barcelona&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":166248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}