{"id":505349,"date":"2026-03-05T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/505349\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:08:09","slug":"revealed-the-message-from-the-barcelona-dressing-room-after-copa-del-rey-defeat-to-atletico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/505349\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: The message from the Barcelona dressing room after Copa del Rey defeat to Atletico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Barcelona may have lost to Atletico Madrid 4-3 on aggregate in the Copa del Rey but the team is feeling positive after the two semi-finals,<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s a chance the two teams could meet again over two legs in the Champions League quarter-finals. Barcelona must first beat Newcastle, while Atletico have to overcome Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If they are successful they a reunion is on the cards, something that will be welcomed by the Barcelona locker room, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/cadenaser.com\/nacional\/2026\/03\/04\/el-barca-quiere-al-atleti-en-los-cuartos-de-final-de-la-champions-ganas-de-volver-a-verles-cadena-ser\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadena SER<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Reporter Nil Sola says: \u201cLamine was the first to leave very angry, with tears in his eyes. But today the takeaway is clear: we lost a title, yes, but we\u2019re closer to our two main objectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe conviction is absolute and the feeling is very positive. Playing like this, we\u2019re going to be very close to winning them. I\u2019d even say they want a quarter-final against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. They\u2019re eager to see them again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe was telling me his opinion on situations that happened in the match, and I told him they played brilliantly,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI hope we can face each other in the Champions League quarterfinals so we can compete at our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Would you like to face Atletico again in the Champions League? Tell us what you think in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona may have lost to Atletico Madrid 4-3 on aggregate in the Copa del Rey but the team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1481,4218,174286,403,99],"class_list":["post-505349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-team-news","tag-barcelona-uefa-champions-league","tag-barcelona-copa-del-rey","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}