After the Champions League draw results came out, it was actually not far from the Champions League semi-finals.

In another week, April 26th next week will be the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

This time Atletico Madrid plays home first and away games.

In terms of schedule, it is not very beneficial to them.

With Barcelona's past lessons, Atletico Madrid fans are hard to say that they will end the suspense in the first leg.

When Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 at his home court, wasn’t it the suspense that ended the game? What was the result?

So no matter what the Atletico Madrid plays in the first leg, it is very important to go away in the second leg and you must not be taken lightly.

Before this Champions League match, there are two league games to be held within a week.

Before that, Atletico Madrid had just finished two Champions League quarter-finals and league games, and this period was a weekly double match.

It is also a great test for the players' physical fitness.

But the only good news is that Barcelona lost the chain in the previous league, and the pressure on Atletico Madrid is not that great.

Atletico Madrid players don't have to feel so urgency, they can take a breath.

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The 33rd round of the league was only completed on April 17th. Three days later, Atletico Madrid will go to challenge Athletic Bilbao away.

And this can be said to be the strongest of all the opponents left in Atletico Madrid.

If Barcelona are looking forward to Atletico Madrid making mistakes and then they are catching up, then this is the best opportunity.

If Athletic Bilbao cannot stop Atletico Madrid, then Barcelona's dream of winning is really dangerous.

Athletic Bilbao is a strange flower in the world football world.

What makes them weird is their regulations on employment.

The location where Athletic Bilbao is located is the Basque Autonomous Region in northwest Spain, which belongs to the Basque region, including the Basque Autonomous Region of Spain, the Novara Autonomous Region and the northern Basque region of France.

The Basque people have their own language, which is different from the official language of Spain. In history, the Basque people have always had a very strong national consciousness. Although they are surrounded by strong enemies, they have resisted foreign invasions many times. The town of Guernica in the famous painting "Guernica" created by Picasso based on the ** air raid during World War II is located in Basque.

After the death of Spanish dictator Franco, the Basque region was tough and did not give in to the division of autonomy with the Spanish government.

These measures have continued the locals’ strong sense of regional cultural identity.

It is also based on this that the Athletic Bilbao Football Club was born in Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Autonomous Region, also has its own strong regional cultural traditions - players who were born in the Basque Country or moved to the Basque Country as a teenager and started playing football here.

However, this strange rule has gradually loosened in recent years. It only requires players to have Basque ancestry, and they don’t have to live or play football in the Basque country.

This is because their selection range is limited to the Basque Country, which is too narrow. The players here are too limited to support the development of this team.

However, because of this particularly strong sense of regional cultural identity, Athletic Bilbao is very powerful. Perhaps due to the limitations of player selection, their players' strength is not the strongest, but their fighting spirit and will are incomparable.

Especially for their home court, the San Mames Stadium is the home court for many La Liga teams.

Even giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona who come here to play will capsize if they don’t do their best.

Atletico Madrid is playing away against Athletic Bilbao in this round.

Barcelona fans hope that the Basques of Athletic Bilbao can fully utilize their bravery and fighting spirit, follow the previous ancestors who resisted foreign invasion, continue the Basque Autonomous Region's tradition of resisting the infiltration of Spanish Castia's royal power. At the San Mames Stadium, the Athletic team from Madrid was defeated and told them who is the real "athletic team" - both teams are named "athletic", but one is added with "Bilbao" and the other is "Madrid".

The regional colors are very strong.

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Barcelona played first in this round of the league, but their game was only 45 minutes earlier than Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, so unfortunately, they could not watch the game with the mood of "walking around the mountains and watching the tiger fight" after the game.

Barcelona players have no intention of caring about Atletico Madrid, they have to play their own games first.

After all, they are away games, and they are also challenging La Coruña away games.

Barcelona fans can use it with one mind, watching Barcelona's games while paying attention to the latest situation of Atletico Madrid's games.

Perhaps it was stimulated by Enrique's words at the post-match press conference that Barcelona players wanted to prove that the double-line defeat between the league and the Champions League was not their responsibility, but the responsibility of the head coach.

At the beginning of this game, all the players in Barcelona were very active, and there was no sign of the bad performances in the first two games.

In the 11th minute of the game, Suarez scored his first record for the team.

In the 24th minute, he scored twice and changed the score to 2:0.

At the end of the first half, Barcelona led Coruña 2-0 away.

Judging from the performance of both sides, the outcome of this game has lost its suspense. La Coruna, ranked 13th this season, is difficult to compete with Barcelona, ​​which is fully fired, even at its own home court.

At the same time as the whistle blew at the end of the first half, at the San Mames Stadium, Athletic Bilbao's home match against Atletico Madrid also blew the opening whistle.

In this game, Athletic Bilbao also ranked the strongest lineup, and the meaning of wanting to defeat Atletico Madrid at home is very obvious.

Before this game, they ranked fifth with fifty-four points, while Villarreal was fourth with six points, leading them six points.

Although there is only one difference between the fourth and fifth places, it is indeed a watershed between the two worlds - the fourth place can participate in the Champions League, and the fifth place can only participate in the Europa League.

If he can participate in the Champions League, who would give up this opportunity?

Villarreal lost 1:2 to Vallecano in the last round away game. Although they haven't played in this round of league games, they challenge Real Madrid away. If nothing unexpected happens, Villarreal will lose in ten.

While Villarreal lost, if Athletic Bilbao can win Atletico Madrid at home, will the gap between the two sides narrow to three points?

In this way, Athletic Bilbao's chances of participating in the Champions League next season will be greatly improved.

It is precisely because of this that Barcelona fans put their hopes on them.
Chapter completed!