Manchester City - FC Barcelona - 2013/2014 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16
Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 8:45 PM - 20:45 CET
Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 8:45 PM - 20:45 CET
It cannot be said that Bayer Leverkusen has managed well to time its form for
the continuation of the Champions League. They probably have a wish to
eliminate the renowned rival, but in the second part of the season Bayer
oscillates and it can be said that has played more bad matches than
good ones. They were firmly second in the Bundesliga but now two teams
are dangerously close to them. One of them is Schalke, who defeated them
on Saturday in Leverkusen which only confirmed that the Factory Team is
not fit.
They started the second part of the season with a chance to win three trophies, but had made a mistake in the Cup and were eliminated by second division K’lautern. Thus, two consecutive defeats at home, which is not encouraging at all on the eve of this match. Coach Hyypia had rested stopper Toprak against Schalke and he now returns in the starting line-up, but there will be no Can because of yellow cards. Reinartz has recovered and he goes in the midfield, and Boenisch stays on the left flank.
Paris Saint-Germain team has no problems like its new opponent, although, it was too unexpectedly eliminated from the Cup. The Champions League and the domestic championship are more important for the Parisians, where they want to win trophies, and because of which a huge amount of money has been invested in this team. In the championship everything goes according to the plan, they are the leaders with five points more than second Monaco with whom they drew away two rounds ago. On Friday have routinely defeated Valenciennes at home by 3-0 where coach Blanc had expectedly changed the team for a little bit. He has at his disposal a large number of quality players and he maximally use it, so he changed six players as compared to the team that drew in Monaco and it hadn’t felt in the game at all.
In
Leverkusen will probably run on the pitch a team that is closer to one
that played in Monaco, as the opponent is much stronger than
Valenciennes. It is possible that he will combine again, but it is quite
certain that injured Cavani will not play, which is a handicap but
Blanc has a number of excellent players at the striker position, and
there is also Ibrahimovic who can alone solve the match.
Possible line-ups:
Bayer Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Toprak, Spahic, Boenisch – L. Bender, Reinartz, Rolfes – Sam, Castro, Kiesling.
Paris Saint-Germain: Sirigu – van der Wiel, Alex, Thiago Silva, Maxwell – Verratti, Matuidi, T. Motta – Lucas Moura, Ibrahimovic, Pastore.
They started the second part of the season with a chance to win three trophies, but had made a mistake in the Cup and were eliminated by second division K’lautern. Thus, two consecutive defeats at home, which is not encouraging at all on the eve of this match. Coach Hyypia had rested stopper Toprak against Schalke and he now returns in the starting line-up, but there will be no Can because of yellow cards. Reinartz has recovered and he goes in the midfield, and Boenisch stays on the left flank.
Paris Saint-Germain team has no problems like its new opponent, although, it was too unexpectedly eliminated from the Cup. The Champions League and the domestic championship are more important for the Parisians, where they want to win trophies, and because of which a huge amount of money has been invested in this team. In the championship everything goes according to the plan, they are the leaders with five points more than second Monaco with whom they drew away two rounds ago. On Friday have routinely defeated Valenciennes at home by 3-0 where coach Blanc had expectedly changed the team for a little bit. He has at his disposal a large number of quality players and he maximally use it, so he changed six players as compared to the team that drew in Monaco and it hadn’t felt in the game at all.
Possible line-ups:
Bayer Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Toprak, Spahic, Boenisch – L. Bender, Reinartz, Rolfes – Sam, Castro, Kiesling.
Paris Saint-Germain: Sirigu – van der Wiel, Alex, Thiago Silva, Maxwell – Verratti, Matuidi, T. Motta – Lucas Moura, Ibrahimovic, Pastore.
Stadium: EBayArena, Leverkusen, Germany
Referee: Viktor Kassai
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