La Liga has stirred yet one more controversy after releasing the schedule for Matchday 29, which can be held just some days earlier than Barcelona’s massive encounter in opposition to Atletico Madrid within the Copa del Rey.
Sadly for the Blaugrana, they appear to be on the shedding finish of the newest fixture association, which favours Atletico Madrid.
Huge benefit for Atletico Madrid
As reported by , Barcelona are usually not too proud of La Liga’s schedule, primarily due to the truth that they are going to have 24 hours much less to get well in comparison with Atletico Madrid earlier than their extremely anticipated Copa del Rey semi-final second leg.
Hansi Flick’s males are set to play Girona in a demanding Catalan derby on Sunday, March 30, at Montjuic.
In the meantime, Diego Simeone’s aspect will tackle Espanyol on Saturday, March 29, thus giving them a full further day of relaxation forward of the second leg Copa del Rey semifinal encounter.
That is extraordinarily consequential contemplating the truth that Barça’s tie with Atletico Madrid is evenly poised after the 2 sides within the first leg.
Aside from the semifinal attract Copa del Rey, it should be famous that Barcelona are additionally concerned in a good contest with Atletico Madrid for the La Liga title.
At the moment, the standings stay extremely tight, with Barcelona main the desk with 57 factors, only one forward of Atletico Madrid (56) and three forward of Actual Madrid (54).
With all three groups nonetheless competing on a number of fronts, together with La Liga and the Copa del Rey, relaxation and restoration time between matches could possibly be essential in figuring out the result of the season.
However there’s little or no Barcelona can do for the time being and it’s now as much as Hansi Flick to handle his troops a tad bit higher than his Atletico Madrid counterpart.