Atletico squad list for Copa del Rey semi-final clash against Barca

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Simeone announced Atlético's squad for the Copa against Barca. EFE

Diego Pablo Simeone confirmed that he will not be able to count on Koke Resurrección or Cesar Azpilicueta to face FC Barcelona. The Atletico coach announced his squad for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final with both absentees and the novelty of Pablo Barrios.

Atletico Madrid travel to Barcelona this Tuesday for the Copa del Rey semi-final. They will do so with Koke Resurreccion and Cesar Azpilicueta out through injury and Pablo Barrios back from suspension.

Koke will miss his second game in a row due to the muscle injury suffered nine days ago against Celta. The midfielder sat out last weekend's win over Valencia and will not be able to help his team in the first leg of the Cup semi-final.

Cesar Azpilicueta finished the last game against Valencia with discomfort. During these days he has been testing himself, but he has not been able to complete any session and Simeone will also reserve him.

We will have to see if Cholo Simeone will go for the 4-4-2 that has been giving him good results or if he will go back to the 3-5-2 against Barca. The return of Pablo Barrios gives more variety to a midfield where he also has Rodrigo De Paul, Conor Gallagher or Marcos Llorente if Nahuel Molina finally plays.