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Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone says Diego Costa could miss the Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona on Tuesday.
Costa left Atletico's training at the Camp Nou on Monday with an apparent knock to his right leg, and Simeone told Spanish public broadcaster TVE after speaking to medical staff that "if he came out of training early, it looks difficult for him to play tomorrow."
Simeone said he still hopes Costa will be available, with a decision set to be made just before the game.
Costa has scored 33 goals in all competitions for Spanish leader Atletico, which is without suspended forward Raul Garcia for the first leg match at the Camp Nou.
Champions League: The last eight teams standingShow all 8 1 /8Champions League: The last eight teams standing Champions League: The last eight teams standing ATLETICO MADRID Best: Runners-up (1974) Star man: Diego Costa Overview: Have let their chances of winning the Primera Division slip lately, but they are still having a superb year thanks to the 22 goals of Diego Costa. A 5-1 aggregate win over AC Milan in the last 16 will have done their confidence no harm.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing BARCELONA Best: Winners (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011) Star man: Lionel Messi Overview: Also likely to lose out to Real Madrid for the La Liga title following a recent dip in form. Kept their European dream alive with relatively straightforward 4-1 win over Manchester City in the previous round.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing BAYERN MUNICH Best: Winners (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013) Star man: Franck Ribery Overview: Pep Guardiola is hoping to join an exclusive club of coaches who have won the Champions League with two different clubs. Bayern, unbeaten in the Bundesliga, wasted little effort getting past Arsenal in the second round.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing BORUSSIA DORTMUND Best: Winners (1997) Star man: Robert Lewandowski Overview: Defeated by Bayern in last year's final. Some 23 points behind their rivals in the Bundesliga and went down to a disappointing home defeat to Zenit St Petersburg in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing CHELSEA Best: Winners (2012) Star man: Eden Hazard Overview: Chelsea surrendered the initiative to Manchester City in the Premier League title race last weekend when they lost to Aston Villa, but few would bet against Jose Mourinho winning a third Champions League trophy after their ruthless display against Galatasaray in the last round.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing MANCHESTER UNITED Best: Winners (1968, 1999, 2008) Star man: Robin van Persie Overview: David Moyes has endured a horrid debut season domestically, but his team gave United fans a night to remember on Wednesday when they overturned a two-goal deficit to progress at the expense of Olympiacos.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Best: Semi-finalists (1995) Star man: Zlatan Ibrahimovic Overview: Deprived of a place in the World Cup, Ibrahimovic will be looking to prove to the world that he is just as good as he thinks he is. PSG's expensively-assembled squad hammered Bayer Leverkusen 6-1 on aggregate in previous round.
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Champions League: The last eight teams standing REAL MADRID Best: Winners (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002) Star man: Cristiano Ronaldo Overview: After a 12-year wait, this could finally be the season when Real Madrid finally achieve la decima (the 10th European Cup). Ronaldo is two goals shy of breaking Lionel Messi's record of 14 in one Champions League campaign following his four-goal haul in the 9-2 aggregate win over Schalke.
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Simeone has strikers David Villa and Adrian Lopez available as well.
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