Facing Atletico Madrid in Week 16 of the Spanish League, Barcelona will appear without Robert Lewandowski.
match The Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona will be held at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on Monday (9/1/2023) starting at 03.00 WIB .
Full details of the predicted line-ups and live streaming links for Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona are available at the end of the article.
Robert Lewandowski cannot play because he has to serve a suspension.
Lewandowski was banned for three matches after receiving a red card in the match against Osasuna, November 9, 2022.
The sentence for Lewandowski was actually suspended by the Dispute Settlement Court in the City of Madrid on 30 December 2022.
The court decision allowed Lewandowski to play when Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw by Espanyol on Saturday (31/12/2023).
However, Diario AS said that Lewandowski's suspension had been lifted.
As a result, the Polish national team captain was unable to play for Barcelona for three Spanish League matches, starting with the match against Atletico Madrid .
This is of course a heavy blow for Barcelona considering that Lewandowski is the team's temporary top scorer this season.
The 34-year-old striker has recorded 18 goals and four assists in a total of 20 matches with Barcelona this season.
coach Barcelona , Xavi Hernandez, is likely to again put Ferran Torres as the lone striker to fill the hole left by Lewandowski.
Xavi Hernandez can actually still play Ansu Fati or Memphis Depay on the front lines.
However, Ansu Fati is not used to playing as a center forward while Memphis Depay has barely played this season.
If fielded, Ferran Torres is likely to work hand in hand with Raphinha and Ousmane Dembele up front.
Just like Barcelona , Atletico Madrid are also experiencing problems on the front lines.
This cannot be separated from the strong rumors that Joao Felix is no longer comfortable at Atletico Madrid .
The Portugal national team star is reportedly keen to leave Atletico Madrid in the January 2023 transfer market.
The latest news is that Jorge Mendes as Joao Felix's agent is said to have met with the CEO of Atletico Madrid , Miguel Angel Gil Marin.
The meeting was aimed at discussing the possibility of Joao Felix leaving Atletico Madrid in the January 2023 transfer market.
In the press conference before the match, Diego Simeone as Atletico coach had received questions about Joao Felix.
However, Simeone's answer is very normative.
He admitted that he would lower Atletico's best strength to face Barcelona .
If in the end he chooses to keep Joao Felix, Simeone will most likely partner Alvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann in the match.
Link Live Streaming Atletico vs Barcelona
You can watch the Atletico vs Barcelona match this morning via the paid streaming service Vidio starting at 03.00 WIB .
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Prediction of Atlético vs Barcelona line-ups :
Atletico Madrid (3-5-2): 13-Jan Oblak; 15-Stevan Savic, 20-Axel Witsel, 2-Jose Gimenez; 14-Marcos Llorente, 4-Geoffrey Kondogbia, 34-Pablo Barrios, 6-Koke, 21-Yannick Carrasco; 8-Antoine Griezmann, 19-Alvaro Morata
Barcelona (4-3-3): 1-Three Roast; 23-Jules Kounde, 4-Ronald Araujo, 15-Andreas Christensen, 28-Alexander Balde; 8-Pedri, 5-Sergio Busquets, 30-Gavi; 7-Ousmane Dembele, 11-Ferran Torres, 22-Raphinha
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