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Alba, Rakitic and Iniesta return for Barca as Augusto replaces suspended Atletico striker Torres

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Updated 13/04/2016 at 18:17 GMT

Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitic and Andres Iniesta return for Barcelona as the European champions bid to protect a 2-1 first-leg lead against Liga rivals Atletico Madrid in their quarter-final second leg at the Vicente Calderon.

Andres Iniesta

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Atletico are forced to make one one change from the 3-1 win at Espanyol in La Liga as Augusto Fernández replaces the suspended Fernando Torres, who scored before being sent off for two bookings at the Camp Nou.
Luis Enrique's side are at full strenght following the 1-0 defeat to Real Sociedad in La Liga at the weekend. Luis Suarez is back from a one-match ban
"We will try to look forward and forget (the Sociedad) match," said Rakitic.
"It was a defeat determined by small details. We are all united like a big family. We have to stick with this mentality for the next match. We have no doubt. Sometimes you get something like a victory over Atletico - a special game like last week could be a boost."
Teams: Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Alves, Mascherano, Piqué, Alba, Busquets, Rakitić, Iniesta, Neymar, Suárez, Messi; subs: Bravo, Douglas, Bartra, Adriano, Arda Turan, Sergi Roberto, El Haddadi////Atlético: Oblak, Juanfran, Godín, Lucas, Filipe Luís, Augusto, Gabi, Saúl, Koke, Griezmann, Carrasco..subs Moyà, Savić, Gámez, Kranevitter, Correa, Partey, Vietto.
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