Barca, Real and Atletico should be easy winners this weekend

epa04932434 Real Madrids Cristiano Ronaldo (L) in action against Shakhtar Donetsks Fred during the UEFA Champions League Group A match between Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, 15 September 2015. EPA/ALBERTO MARTIN

Luis Enrique and his Barcelona side played a cruel joke on Diego Simeone last weekend. They had given Atletico Madrid a glimmer of hope by leaving Lionel Messi on the substitutes bench.

Barcelona even allowed Atletico to take the lead against the run of play. There must have been a quiet little voice in Simeone’s head telling him that he had finally cracked the code when Torres streaked away from the Blaugrana back line to finish off a classic Atletico counter.