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Barcelona were defeated 2-0 by Atletico Madrid<\/a> in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie at the Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday, which has left their progression hopes on the brink of being dashed.<\/em><\/p>\n Made an important save early on to deny Julian Alvarez, but could do little to stop either of Atleti\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n Did not look sharp, which was to be expected since he has only just returned from injury. However, he did manage to keep Ademola Lookman quiet.<\/p>\n Started the match well, but his red card \u2013 his role in which was unlucky \u2013 has proven to be very costly for Barcelona.<\/p>\n Outmuscled too easily by Alexander Sorloth for Atleti\u2019s second goal.<\/p>\n Did not have as much success as recent weeks in an attacking sense, but he always provided an option down the left for his teammates to find.<\/p>\n \n Started in midfield, where he did not look comfortable at times, and pushed back to defence in the second half following Cubarsi\u2019s red card.<\/p>\n Had some good moments and bad moments, but in the end, he lasted only 45 minutes before being replaced by Gavi.<\/p>\n Everything Barcelona did came through him. Almost had an assist in the first half, but Marcus Rashford\u2019s effort was adjudged offside. He had a couple of fantastic solo runs that lacked the finishing touch.<\/p>\n Preferred to Fermin Lopez from the start, but he could not make much of a difference in attack.<\/p>\n Alongside Lamine Yamal, he was by far Barcelona\u2019s biggest threat. Had a couple of shots saved by Atleti goalkeeper Juan Musso, and when he did find the back of the net, it was ruled offside.<\/p>\n \n Very quiet evening for the veteran striker, whose lack of form and consistency continues to worry Barcelona.<\/p>\n Brought on to add more incisiveness in attack, but he could not make a difference.<\/p>\n His performance was one of the rare highlights of the evening for Barcelona. His first significant minutes since returning after almost six months out, and he did not look out of place at all.<\/p>\n Brought on at right-back, but didn\u2019t do much.<\/p>\n Claimed for a penalty late on, but again, he looked devoid of confidence.<\/p>\n Back after a month out, he was not involved much during his short time on the pitch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Barcelona player ratings against Atletico Madrid: Lamine Yamal shines in Champions League defeat<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barcelona were defeated 2-0 by Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie at the Spotify Camp Nou on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5914,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Joan Garcia \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Jules Kounde \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Pau Cubarsi \u2013 5.5<\/h2>\n
Gerard Martin \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Joao Cancelo \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Eric Garcia \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Pedri \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Lamine Yamal \u2013 7.5<\/h2>\n
Dani Olmo \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Marcus Rashford \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Robert Lewandowski \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Substitutes<\/h3>\n
Fermin Lopez \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Gavi \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Ronald Araujo \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Ferran Torres \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Alejandro Balde \u2013 N\/A<\/h2>\n