00:00Should we rationally be afraid of the return match?
00:02As you saw yesterday, Atletico beat FC Barcelona 4-0.
00:06And in a normal world, there's nothing to worry about.
00:08In a normal world, we should reach the final of the Spanish Cup; it's something that is
00:11OBLIGATORY.
00:12But there are three things that make me not want to speak too soon.
00:14First, look at the latest results of Atletico de Madrid.
00:17You can see that this team doesn't operate on an alternating current.
00:19but it can go from one of the best teams in Europe to a second division team in three days.
00:23D2, I know we have a terrible mentality away from home, it's nothing new at Atletico
00:27outside.
00:30Well, it's really not that great at all.
00:31And number 3, well, that's still FC Barcelona.
00:33It remains one of the best clubs in Europe.
00:34This is a club that might get Rafinha PZ back, I don't know how much longer they
00:37are injured.
00:38But if those two guys are there for the return match, it won't necessarily be the same story.
00:42So it's true that Eric Garcia will be suspended.
00:44Yesterday, I was really too harsh comparing him to Balardi, poor guy.
00:46because it's true that this year, he's having a pretty decent season.
00:49Diego Simon will really need to play the match as if it had been 1-0 in the first leg.
00:52As if we really had to play a perfect match to qualify.
00:54We can't afford to lose our balls, normally it's within our reach.
00:57We still have to tell ourselves that even if we get thrashed there and lose 3-0,
01:00We've qualified.
01:01So normally, we should qualify.
01:03But if Atletico can't manage to secure their qualification for the Spanish Cup final,
01:06while we have a 4-goal lead,
01:08I think there's nothing more to hope for from this team.
01:10There is one thing to note, though, Barça will have a slight physical advantage.
01:13Because we're going to have to play a two-legged tie against Bruges,
01:15while Barça can calmly prepare
01:17for this second leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final.
01:19Cross your fingers.
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