Cold weather as Barça arrives in Madrid ahead of a heated match.

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The Barça team, led by Joan Laporta, is already at their hotel for the visit to Atlético Madrid.

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The late season cold of this soon to be departed winter greeted FC Barcelona at midday in Madrid, where they visit Atlético Madrid tonight in a crucial clash in the fight for the La Liga title. Two direct rivals will face each other, to the relief of the third contender, Real Madrid, who already did their homework on Saturday by winning 2-1 against Villarreal. The six degrees at arrival will turn into four during the match, which kicks off at the Metropolitano Stadium at 9 p.m. Despite this wintry atmosphere, what is certain is the warm atmosphere of the match, as the Atlético fans will fill the stadium and cheer with all their might.

The 23 players called up by Hansi Flick took off by plane at 11:00 a.m. from El Prat Airport and landed at 12:20 p.m. They would have missed crossing snowy landscapes between Zaragoza and Madrid if they had chosen the AVE (high-speed train) for the trip. Before 1:00 p.m., they were already at their usual Madrid hotel on Paseo de la Castellana, where a few dozen fans and onlookers awaited the players, including some Polish supporters very happy to see their illustrious countrymen Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczesny. Ansu Fati was the only player ruled out due to a technical decision, staying in Barcelona with the injured Marc ter Stegen, Marc Bernal, and Andreas Christensen.

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta led the expedition, accompanied by vice president of sport, Rafael Yuste, and executives Joan Soler, Joan Solé, Xavier Barbany, and Àngel Riudalbas, the latter assigned to the Super League project, a matter that is always likely to be discussed in Madrid.

Unlike recent trips to Madrid, in a circumstance that seemed unusual for the expedition at the time, this time there was a police escort for the Barça delegation from the airport to the hotel, with a van and even a helicopter monitoring the area.

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