Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are the top teams in Spanish football. These two teams, who are 1 point apart in the Spanish La Liga, are facing each other in the first leg of the Spanish Cup semi-finals. The match will take place on Tuesday night at Estadio Olimpico Luis Co., Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick believes his side need to learn from this season's La Liga defeat to Atletico Madrid and will need to go forward with a goal advantage when they meet again in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg. 

Atlético won their first 'away' victory over Barca in 18 years with a 2-1 win last December, and even though the hosts dominated in the opening moments and scored the first goal, they could not avoid defeat. Flick said in a press conference one day before this match, which is going to be held at Barca's home ground at No Camp, "This is a new game and we have to prove it." Atlético is a great team, they have invested a lot of money. They have great defenders and great attacking players.  It's going to be a tough game.'

He continued, 'We have to take advantage of the scoring opportunities, the important thing is to score goals and we have to keep in mind that this is two games and not just one.' Flick hopes to provide Yamal. Yamal, who provided the pass when Dani Olmo scored the first goal, posted a picture of his bloodied left leg on Instagram after the match against Palmas.

"We have to wait to see if he can play, from what the doctor has told us, I see the situation as positive and we want him to be with us," revealed Flick. Midfielder Olmo has said that he can play up to 80 minutes after recovering from an injury in January. Olmo, who has seven goals and three assists in 22 games since joining Barcelona in the close season from RB Leipzig, scored from the bench in the win over Las Palmas.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has urged his players to focus on one game at a time as they face Real Madrid in the Champions League next week. Five weeks apart, Atletico have a two-leg clash in the last 16 of the Champions League against Europe's most successful club and another meeting with Barca in La Liga. 

"We are excited, we want to compete, to face each game in the best way possible and to achieve that we are only focused on tomorrow's game," Simeone said, "It is a very important game, but it does not end tomorrow, it is divided into two stages, one on their home court and one on ours." 

Simeone says he is ready to suffer for what he expects in the battle against La Liga's top teams. "When you face big teams, you have to be prepared to resist, to endure pain," said Simoni, "There will be good moments for each side and you need to take advantage of them." Even though we are an opponent, I like the way they play. They have great attacking power and we will try to hurt them, wherever we think we can.'