Barcelona vs Arsenal (2nd Leg Preview) )
March 7th 2011 10:08
The gunners made their mark when they defeated Barca at Emirates by 2-1 in the first leg! In which, Persie scored the equalizer for Arsenal in around 77th minute while the substitute, Arshavin sealed it with his goal just after 5minutes of the first goal! There is no doubt that Arsenal played a very good game and they are rewarded for that, they denied Barca their passy game and instead they themselves equalized and then led with a style!!
Here comes again the second leg of the Champions League between these two sides at NOU CAMP! A place where every away team trembles and avoid visiting as if their losing is destined in that pitch! Few teams have defeated Barca in their home, as the roars of 98,000 Catalans fans make it hard for away team to play with confidence!
Both teams have injury problems, considering Arsenal who have a long list of injured players in their team, those players will not make it up for this fixture, like; Van Persie, Walcott, they will miss the match, Nasri and Febregas are a doubt! Meanwhile, Barca would be surprised as sudden restriction on Puyol due to the injury, including their Manager, he might be absent as well as he has medical issues as well, but he was present in this weekend's clash of Barca with Zaragoza! Pique will also miss the match due to the ban!
Arsenal have had a bad previous matches as they lost to Birmingham in the final of one of the prestigious trophy, Carling Cup, and in Barclays they were unable to close down the maximum gap with table leaders Man Utd as they struggled with Sunderland 0-0! Whereas Barca have had a narrow wins for last two weeks in La Liga, bu they still lead the table!
This will be a classic encounter b/w these teams, but Barca, obviously having an upper hand and are favorites to win and qualify!!
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