Defending champion
Barcelona will host the British side Chelsea tonight at Nou-Camp in the second
leg of the UEFA Champions League
semifinal following a 0-1 defeat in the first leg. Barcelona seeks to overturn
their first leg 0-1 deficit in front of their homecrowd for becoming through to
the final while Chelsea just needs a draw for becoming through to the next
stage.
If the Catalan side can
perform their best then overturning one goal deficit wouldn’t be a big deal for
them apart from that the positive point is since 2003 Barcelona have never lost
three consecutive matches in any kind of competition. Though Barcelona have
lost back to back two matches against Chelsea in the first leg & against
their arch rival-Real Madrid in La-Liga but it has to be told that the hosts don’t
need a Midas touch for overcoming the defensive strategy of the visitors. Few
peoples already started to criticize &
comment that its all over for Barcelona
but they shouldn’t forget that this Catalan side has won 13 titles since 2008
in the coaching of Pep Guardiolla, midfielder Pique told that there is no question of doubts
creeping in. "I don't think any of our supporters doubt this team,"
he said. "We have given a lot and people recognise that we can lose a
match because our opponents are very good, but I am sure the Nou-Camp will be
full and everyone will be behind the team”.
It doesn’t look that which
team have a player like Lionel Messi, all time top scorer in European competitions,
they need to think muchmore about overturning an one goal deficit in their home
while the visitors also have some good solid defenders like John Terry, who
lead from the front in the first leg clash. Apart from the battle of tactics it
could well be also a battle between Barca’s attacking line & Chelsea’s
defence.
The visitors are going to
miss few of their key players due to injury tonight, the Ivory coast
international Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s main injury doubt having missed
Saturday’s goalless draw against Arsenal with a knee injury, in first leg
Drogba not only scored the goal, he continually disrupted the game by falling
to the floor almost throughout the 90 minutes, if Drogba misses, Fernando
Torres will start from the beginning, apart form that the visitors will also
miss their Brazilian centre-back David Luiz, in his absence Gary Cahill will start
from the beginning.
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