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Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Live Stream: How to Watch Champions League Football Free Online (FS2 TV Schedule)
Barcelona will face a tough test in the Champions League today against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Arganzuela, Madrid, Spain. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. and can be watched online through free live stream via the link provided below (free for subscribers).
Barcelona will battle against the Atletico Madrid this afternoon in the Quarter-Finals of the Championship League. On April 1, the game between Barcelona and its Primera division rival Atletico Madrid ended in a 1-1 tie. Barcelona face a tough task advancing in the Championship League playoffs with their goalie VÃctor Valdés gone for the rest of the year due to a major knee injury. Barcelona star and leader Xavier "Xavi" Hernández i Creus knows how difficult it will be to defeat Atletico Madrid this afternoon.
"This is a final. It's going to be complicated because we struggle to create goal scoring opportunities against Atletico...We are going to Madrid with all the will in the world," said Xavi to reporters. "We will face a team that we must destroy and we will try to take the lead and see how they react. In football you cannot guarantee anything but we are Barcelona and we must try."
Athletico Madrid is looking to prevent Barcelona's dreams of winning the Championship League Championship in the future. Athletico Madrid player Tiago Mendes knows it will not be easy task to get past Barcelona today.
"We are not going into the game thinking that a goalless draw is enough. We are going to play as we always do, trying to score goals, said Mendes to reporters. "This is a great opportunity for us because we are playing against a great Barcelona side and in the semi-finals of the competition. We are very excited because we can make history."
Today's game will start at 2:00 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on Fox Sports 2 or online through live stream by clicking here.