Antoine Griezmann and Jules Koundé start as Atlético host Barça in Champions League quarter-final second leg | OneFootball

Antoine Griezmann and Jules Koundé both start as Atlético face Barça in the Champions League quarter-final second leg at the Estadio Metropolitano, kick-off 21:00. Atlético hold a 2-0 lead from the first leg in Barcelona.

According to L'Équipe, having started at Camp Nou last week, Griezmann is again named in the XI by Diego Simeone.

The 2018 World Cup winner partners Julian Alvarez up front. Opposite him, Koundé returns to the Catalan line-up after being rested against Espanyol, a 4-1 win, at the weekend.

Hansi Flick is without Pau Cubarsi, sent off in the first leg, and has selected Ferran Torres to lead the line instead of Robert Lewandowski. On the left, Dani Olmo is preferred to Marcus Rashford.

Atlético: Musso - Molina, Le Normand, Lenglet, Ruggeri - Simeone, Llorente, Koke (cap.), Lookman - Griezmann, Alvarez.

Barça: J. Garcia - Koundé, E. Garcia, G. Martin, Cancelo - Pedri (cap.), Gavi - Lamine Yamal, F. Lopez, Olmo - F. Torres.

Source: L'Équipe