Dani Olmo missed the draw with Atalanta but will hope to be fit enough to return to the matchday squad this weekend. Inigo Martinez is not expected to be back from a tendon issue, while Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Marc Bernal are long-term absentees.

Barcelona manager, Hansi Flick, admitted that Atalanta will miss their talismanic winger, Ademola Lookman, in Wednesday’s (today) UEFA Champions League

Hansi Flick and Barcelona return to UEFA Champions League action at Benfica on January 21. The Catalan giants will seal an automatic spot in the Round of 16 knockout stages with a win in Lisbon after picking up five victories from six games in 2024.

FC Barcelona star Raphinha said he understood his teammate Lamine Yamal's anger with Hansi Flick during the 2-2 Champions League draw with Atalanta on Wednesday.

The final day of the Champions League league phase promises drama, excitement and movement in the standings.

Barça have already secured an automatic spot in the last 16 and are the only side capable of finishing top of the table ahead of current leaders Liverpool. Hansi Flick's men come into this game off the back of a thrilling 5-4 win at Benfica, which saw them come back from 4-2 down to claim a memorable victory.

Barcelona's strong performance in the first-ever UEFA Champions League 'league phase' puts them in good standing to regain the title.

As the league phase comes to a close, there's still plenty of shuffling that will happen in Champions League play. Only Barcelona and Liverpool have clinched their places in the top eight putting them automatically through to the last 16 but plenty of teams will be looking to join them.

The Champions League is down to 24 teams, and yes, giants such as Man City and Paris Saint-Germain made it through in the end. Let's review the league phase and the best XI, and project who's winning it all.

Guinea international and Borussia Dortmund striker Serhou Guirassy emerged as the first-round’s top scorer with nine goals. Barcelona’s Raphinha, Atalanta’s Charles De Ketelaere, and Jeremy Frimpong of Bayer Leverkusen were joint-top assist providers with five each.

“Inaki (Pena) is our number one goalkeeper and I’m happy with him,” Hansi Flick said on September 25, a few days after Marc-Andre ter Stegen — the starting goalkeeper for more than a decade — was seriously injured with a complete rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee.