| The Copa del Rey semi-final brings back the game between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona already faced each other in last year's semi-final and had drawn 4-4 in the first leg. Although the second leg, played in Madrid, ended in a narrow 1-0 victory for Barcelona, this result was quite symptomatic of the current balance of power. Barcelona are currently enjoying a four-game winning streak away at Atleti. It is therefore no wonder that the defending champions will already be playing the first leg on Thursday evening as the favored team. Recently things have been going well for Hansi Flick's team in all competitions anyway. Barcelona have won 5 of their last 6 competitive matches by at least 2 goals. Only in two of Atletico Madrid's last eight matches both teams scored in the game. |
