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The 7 players who will miss the Atletico Madrid and Barcelona clash including Raphinha

The 6 players who will miss the Atletico Madrid and Barcelona clash including Raphinha
The 6 players who will miss the Atletico Madrid and Barcelona clash including RaphinhaREUTERS

Barcelona clash with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League this week but both sides will be without a number of players that each manager will have to deal with.

Barcelona will welcome Atletico Madrid to Camp Nou on Wednesday night for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in what is set to be a very entertaining clash. 

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Barcelona's previous two quarter-final ties with Atletico in the Champions League have ended in defeat but they enter the game on the back of a win against Atletico on Saturday thanks to a late goal from Robert Lewandowski

The Spanish giants are now seven points clear of second-placed Real Madrid at the top of the table and will take confidence from their consistent performances under Hansi Flick whose eyes will be locked to the Champions League trophy at the end of the campaign. 

Ahead of the clash, both sides have a number of injuries that both Flick and Diego Simeone will have to look over as they rotate their sides. 

Barcelona will be without Marc Bernal (ankle), Frenkie de Jong (hamstring), Andreas Christensen (ligament) and most importantly Raphinha (hamstring) who will miss a number of crucial fixtures, including both legs of the Champions League quarter-final tie. 

Atletico will miss Pablo Barrios (muscle), Rodrigo Mendoza (ankle) and Jan Oblak (muscle) who returned to training this week but reports are unclear as to whether he is available to start. 

Barcelona are unbeaten in all competitions for almost two months and are firm favourites for the clash which could see them boost their chances of a Semi Final against one of Arsenal of Sporting in the next round.

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