Five out of five for Barça against Atlético.
Forty-eight hours after drawing Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of C1, FC Barcelona easily won (0-3) at Civitas Metropolitano thanks to Joao Félix, Robert Lewandowski and Fermin Lopez.
The Blaugranas therefore offer themselves a fifth consecutive success against Diego Simeone's men.
Xavi's Barça - excluded during the first period for having contested the referee's decisions - above all recovers second place in the Spanish championship, overtaking its Catalan neighbor Girona, but remains behind Real Madrid, eight points ahead.
Barça now has eight games in a row without defeat in La Liga, and even ten in all competitions.
Also qualified in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Colchoneros, potential opponents of Paris in the semi-finals, suffered a second consecutive defeat in the championship, after the 2-0 conceded in Cádiz on March 9.
They gave up their fourth place, qualifying for the C1, to Athletic Bilbao.
Lewandowski scored
Who else than Joao Félix to open the scoring on his old pitch?
Loaned since the start of the season by Atlético Madrid, he scored his sixth league goal.
Robert Lewandowski crossed into the area for the Portuguese who pushed with one touch, open foot, to deceive Jan Oblak (38th).
The player who passed through Chelsea had already scored in the first leg (1-0) in December 2023.
You asked.
João delivered.
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The Blaugranas were quick to double the lead through Robert Lewandowski upon returning from the locker room.
On good pressing and a bad pass from De Paul, Raphinha recovered the ball then made a dive to find the Pole in the area.
After a check, the 35-year-old striker crossed his shot, which hit the post before returning (47th), for his thirteenth goal this season in La Liga.
Lewandowski even gave himself a decisive pass by crossing perfectly on the head of Fermin Lopez (65th).
With this 19th victory in La Liga, Barça completed the good operation of the weekend and became the runner-up to Real Madrid, before the Clasico in April.
Winner of Montpellier (2-6) at the same time, PSG is warned before the quarter-final first leg on April 10.