The home team are going to be without having defensive player David Luiz for Champions League semi-final 1st leg versus Barcelona. The Brazilian centre-half seriously injured his hamstring muscle through the FA Cup make an impression on Tottenham in the end of the week and has been eliminated for a week. Gary Cahill might begin in his position whilst Branislav Ivanovic is definitely available. It was nearly 3 years ago today, when Iniesta scored a peach of the goal within the desperate moments in the 2nd leg of the Champions League semi-final to risk-free Barcelona's improvement within the final on away goals. How it happened next established fact to all soccer fans as Barcelona, on top of Iniesta form, slayed Manchester United in Rome to be able to earn the Champions League. On Wednesday Barcelona will certainly encounter Chelsea the very first time since that eventful day and also the blue side of London are not able to wait for a match to get started on since they try to find payback.
Barcelona failed to be able to win only one in their previous fourteen matches, even though that game was their particular previous European away game a scoreless draw at AC Milan. Milan's defensive measure have been a lot more leak-proof this year compared to Chelsea's, and also the Blues will perform effectively to maintain Barcelona out for a complete 1 hour 30 minutes. Lionel Messi will certainly steer that range once more, as well as having obtained twenty nine goals in the previous fifteen performances for team and nation, will probably be on the scoresheet once more.
Chelsea vs Barcelona
Competition: UEFA Champions League (1st leg semi-finals)
Date: Wednesday 18 April 2012
Timing: 20:45 CET
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Referee: F. Brych
Possible Starting XI:
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech (Gk), Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Meireles, Ramires, Mata, Malouda, Torres
Barcelona (4-3-3): Valdes (Gk), Pique, Puyol, Adriano, Alves, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Sanchez, Fabregas
Results and Highlights
[Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona]
45' [1 - 0] D. Drogba
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