{"id":48379,"date":"2026-04-13T10:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=48379"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:00:59","slug":"which-barcelona-players-will-miss-the-atletico-madrid-second-leg-latest-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/champions-league\/which-barcelona-players-will-miss-the-atletico-madrid-second-leg-latest-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Barcelona players will miss the Atl\u00e9tico Madrid second leg? Latest updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona face a massive challenge in the <strong>UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg<\/strong> against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, trailing 0-2 from the first leg at Camp Nou. With the return fixture looming on Wednesday at the Metropolitano, Hansi Flick must navigate several key absences and doubts as his side hunts a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable enforced <b>absence is defender Pau Cubars\u00ed. <\/b>He was sent off in the 44th minute of the first leg following a VAR-reviewed challenge on Giuliano Simeone, which directly led to Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez\u2019s opening free-kick goal. Cubars\u00ed will serve a one-match suspension and miss the decisive clash in Madrid.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Injury news is mixed. Winger Raphinha (hamstring) and defender Andreas Christensen (knee) remain sidelined<\/b> and are ruled out for the second leg. Their absences weaken Barcelona\u2019s attacking press and defensive depth at a critical stage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is better news in midfield. Both <b>Pedri<\/b> and <b>Frenkie de Jong look set to be available <\/b>after recent fitness concerns, offering Flick much-needed creativity and control in the engine room.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Young defensive midfielder <b>Marc Bernal is a bigger doubt.<\/b> He suffered an ankle injury against Atl\u00e9tico earlier this month, and while the club initially hoped he could feature in the return leg, he has still not returned to full training with the squad. It remains unclear whether he will be fit in time for Wednesday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the suspension front, several players who were one booking away from missing the second leg including Marc Casad\u00f3, Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez, Gerard Mart\u00edn and Lamine Yamal avoided cards in the first leg and remain available.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona will travel to Madrid without Cubars\u00ed, Raphinha and Christensen, with Bernal\u2019s participation hanging in the balance. The return of Pedri and De Jong provides a timely boost, but Flick\u2019s side must produce a flawless performance to overturn the deficit and reach the semi-finals. Latest training updates will be monitored closely in the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona face a massive challenge in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, trailing 0-2 from the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":48380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4652],"tags":[1756,661,3311,1303,4750,2296,3356,4057],"class_list":["post-48379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","tag-andreas-christensen","tag-barcelona","tag-frenkie-de-jong","tag-injury","tag-marc-bernal","tag-pedri","tag-raphinha","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48383,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379\/revisions\/48383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}