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Israeli supermodel used her Twitter account to praise the crack of Barça after his spectacular performance against Bayer Leverkusen.

Leo Messi has not stopped receiving compliments from his huge performance last Wednesday against Bayer Leverkusen. If the first praises of Leo were in the sports world in the following hours and days went beyond those of other actors.

One of the most surprised with the performance of Leo was the Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, who usually presumed Barça and that her Twitter account showed her admiration for the '10' Barca.

"Seriously, someone should check Messi genes. This guy is not human," said one Refaeli that, whenever possible, be seen by the Camp Nou, where he witnessed the final match against Real Madrid in the quarter-finals King's Cup, which was photographed with presidents Sandro Rosell and Florentino Perez.

The supermodel, former actor Leonardo di Caprio, extended his praise to Leo compared with a superhero Superman caliber. "Right now I begin to believe strongly that Messi has any relationship with Clark Kent," he said. (via SPORT)

"I always say, you're from another planet Leo." It is the revelation of Matias Messi, one of the brothers crack Barca on how the family goes to '10' azulgrana after each game. "Every game ends, whether good or bad, I send a message. But lately I do not know what to put ... ", explains Matias the program De Caño Vale Doble.

The Messi marked five goals against Bayer Leverkusen and the three who signed earlier in the match for Argentina in Switzerland you are getting every day more difficult fraternal messages Matías. It also reveals their close environment who reports to Leo shot brands. "Leo does not have that you can break a record. I would say. We tell us. Or sometimes, their peers. But the goal of it is breaking all records. "At 29, Matías calls himself" the number one fan "of Leo, why has tattooed the image of his brother in the arm. (via MD)

The crack of Santos reiterated his admiration for the genius of Barca.

Neymar, author of a hat trick in his last match of the Copa Libertadores for Santos, had words of praise for Leo Messi, who starred alongside his most important personal win in the Champions League match against Bayer Leverkusen, with five goals grown.

The Brazilian star of Santos recognizes that fixed in the style of Barça Argentine crack to emulate. "I'm a fan of Messi. I want to continue making history in football and scoring lots of goals to copy, "said Neymar to 'O Globo'.

The admiration of the emerging crack in Brazil by Messi was already apparent in the World Cup of Clubs, where they both met in the final won by the club. "Messi is the best player in the world, I copy some of his plays," then the crack of the Santos. (via MD)

Valdés witnessed from a unique perspective display of Leo and even lost count of the goals.

Leo Messi gave a recital of the best football again was followed by everyone. Who better saw, however, were his own comrades, who enjoy the luxury of having Messi at his side in games and every day in training. Víctor Valdés was what happened the better.

The goal freaked again with Leo Messi's soccer on Wednesday against Bayer Leverkusen. Even joked after the match in the mixed zone, where he said he lost count of the goals of '10 ': "If I tell the truth, I had to ask after the game if he had scored four or five. When I have answered, I I said, 'my mother.' "

The goalkeeper believes on teammate who "surpasses every season and surely not only that. There will be more things here at the end." The Gavà enjoyed a game that will go down in club history from a privileged position: "From my site I have enjoyed the team play and the performance of Leo. I am very happy to have Leo in our team."

About the opponent in the quarter, did not venture any speculation or a classic. "Currently, the Madrid must win their tie against CSKA. When you're in the draw, we'll see who we play, but never thought of any equipment, or whether it is better in that tie or later." (via MD)

The great performance of Leo Messi against Bayer Leverkusen has provoked reactions worldwide, not just in sports.

Five goals not mark a player each day. Not in the knockout stages of the Champions. It is therefore normal that this Thursday the name of Leo Messi has been the talk of many people throughout the world.

And there have been cases especially curious. One is, without doubt, the State Department spokesman in the United States. His name is Mike Hammer and his mother lives in Madrid. Therefore, on Thursday gave a press conference at the White House in Spanish for the many correspondents in Spain and Latin America that follow the information in Wasingthon.

At one point during the press conference, as reported by the correspondent of TVE in the U.S., Lorenzo Milá, Hammer acknowledged that "I am from Real Madrid, but I congratulate Messi". (via SPORT)

Media outlets from around the world praise Messi’s five-goal performance against Bayer Leverkusen. Footballers took to Twitter during yesterday’s match to weigh in on the Argentine’s brilliant night.

Praise for Leo Messi after his historic five-goal performance against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League last-16 return leg extended beyond his teammates and manager.


Pep Guardiola and Pedro’s words of praise are only the tip of the iceberg, news outlets from around the world ran out of adjectives to describe last night’s performance. Here is a sample of what’s being said about Messi in today’s press:


EUROPE

L’Equipe: ‘¡Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi!’ and a photo of the Argentine’s five goals were on the cover of the French daily

Gazzetta dello Sport: ‘Barça Show, Manita [Little hand] for Messi’

Corriere dello Sport: ‘Messi, five legendary goals’

Bild: ‘The God of football: Messi’ said the German daily, “his five goals humiliated Leverkusen, a mere sparring for Barça. Leo is a joy for any football fan.”

Kicker: ‘Record failure, Messi destroys Bayer’ and ‘Messi, the Kaiser of the Champions League’ said the German daily. Leo is “simply unique and extraordinary”

Daily Mirror: ‘Five stars, from another planet’

The Telegraph: ‘Messi makes history in the Champions League’

ARGENTINA

Olé: ‘Picasso,’ “Leo scores five goals (!) against the German runner-up (...) for two of his goals he chipped the keeper, he keeps on breaking records.”

Muy Buenos Aires: ‘More than Diego’

BRAZIL

Folha de Sao Paulo: ‘Messi 5 x Neymar 3’

MEXICO

Récord: ‘Messi is turning into a Semidio5 [Semigod]’ - “Leo keeps on demonstrating that he’s the best in the world. We’re running out of adjectives to describe his performances.”

Eco: ‘Unique’ plus a large photo of the Argentine led on the cover of the news source. “If there were any doubts about who he is, right now, the best player in the world, Messi scored five goals against Leverkusen yesterday.”

COLOMBIA

El Universal: ‘Give me 5 Messi’ plus a photo of Leo and Piqué led the South American daily. “Crushing record for the Argentine.”

HONDURAS

Diez: ‘Messi’s fifth symphony’

EL SALVADOR

El Gráfico: ‘Godly hand’ said the Central American daily. “He scored all types of goals to make history.”

PERU

El Líbero: ‘He’s from another planet.’ “Messi confirmed that he’s from another galaxy and he scored five, yes, five ‘pepaza’ that took Barça to the quarter-finals.”

SPAIN

Sport: ‘The little hand of God,’ plus a photo of the Argentinian after the 7-1 rout.

Mundo Deportivo: ‘The hand of God’

El 9Esportiu: ‘Alien’

MARCA: ‘The little hand of God.’ Leo Messi “is the first player to score five goals in one Champions League game.”(via FCBarcelona.com)

The big sports media are full of praise to the crack of Barça after repóker of goals against Bayer Leverkusen.

The international press agreed on Thursday to highlight the concert and football scorer Leo Messi offered to Bayer Leverkusen with a score repóker that love to Camp Nou.

In Germany criticize his players at the same time extolling the maximum figure of Argentine crack, while the rest of Europe reports are focused on the proper role of 'The Flea'.

In France, the prestigious newspaper 'L'Equipe' can not be more graphic the headline "Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi! ', Repeating the name of the crack Barca to five times.

The British media, used to make puns in their headlines, not far behind in the praise and, as in the case of 'The Sun', the recital of Messi qualify as 'Hi5tory' emphasis on the five goals scored by Leo.

In Italy, the 'Corriere dello Sport' highlights' five goals of legend "Messi while 'La Gazzetta dello Sport', more focused on a controversial starring Ibrahimovic, also highlights the" show Barça "and the" hand of Messi ".

And if we in Europe have jumped alarms with the latest exhibition sport Messi, reactions across the Atlantic have not been left behind.

The Argentine daily 'Olé' Messi equates to an artist, when you open its cover 'Picasso' and a photo of the '10' Barça, which he considers "an artist of football." Praise also trigger the 'Great from Buenos Aires', who dares to touch a taboo subject among fellow Leo, the headline "More than Diego," referring to Maradona.

In Brazil there are more restrained by comparing the display of Messi with that of Neymar to Internacional of Porto Alegre, as does the "Folha de Sao Paulo '.

In other South American rain praise on Messi does not stop. In Honduras, the daily 'Diez' highlights 'Messi's Fifth Symphony', while 'El Gráfico' of El Salvador recalled the "goals of all flavors" of Leo and entitled "Manita divine." (via SPORT)

The squad concentrated on some recovery work in training on Thursday morning ahead of Sunday’s trip to Santander.

Guardiola worked with all 14 available first team players, plus Tello, Muniesa, Sergi Roberto, Bartra, Montoya and Dos Santos from Barça B.

NFL Super Bowl winner Justin Tuck, of The New York Giants watched the session.

Following Wednesday night's extraordinary display against Bayer Leverkusen, the squad were back in training this morning on pitch number 2 at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. As usual on the day after a game, the players who figured in the starting line-up worked on recovery activities. The rest, along with Tello, Muniesa, Sergi Roberto, Bartra, Montoya and Dos Santos had a more complete session as Guardiola begins preparations for Sunday evening's game against Racing.

Two of the team's injured players, Alexis and Puyol, were also on the training pitch, as they both work to get back to full fitness.

NFL star Justin Tuck, who is in Barcelona to visit the Global Sports Forum, came along to watch this morning's session. Tuck, former University of Notre Dame player and third-round pick in the 2005 NFL draft, plays for this year's Super Bowl champions The New York Giants. The standout defensive end, Pro Bowl and All-Pro player in 2008 and 20120, was key in New York’s Super Bowl XLII and XLVI bids. Tuck watched Wednesday's game at the Camp Nou and he came along this morning to say hello to the players.

Víctor Valdés, who is a big NFL fan, swapped shirts with the two time Super Bowl winner, who also found time to express his admiration for Leo Messi. (via FCBarcelona.cat)

He’s the first player in the history of the Champions League to score five goals in one game.

The Argentine has scored 29 goals in the European competition.

Messi, despite his sublime display, was humble after the match: “The most important thing is that we won, that’s what we wanted”.

Leo Messi wears the number 10 on the back of his jersey, but against Bayer 04 Leverkusen this evening he put in a Five Star performance. The Argentine scored five goals; two in the first half, three in the second. His brilliant display broke long-standing European records. But Messi, despite his unworldly performance, remains humble. “The most important thing is that we won, that’s what we wanted,” he said when he was told that this was the first time in a player managed to score five goals in one game.

Here are some interesting facts and stats about Leo Messi in international competitions:

• Messi is the first player in the history of the UEFA Champions League to score five goals in one game
• He’s the first player in the history of the European Cup (in all formats) to score five goals at this stage of the competition
• The Argentine has scored 12 goals in this edition of the Champions League, the same amount that he scored last season (he was the tournaments highest goal scorer)
• It’s been a year (March 8th, against Arsenal) since Messi has scored at the Camp Nou in the Champions League
• Messi is the second Barça player in the history of the Club to score five goals in a single European match (Zaldúa did it on October 6th, 1965)
• With his five goals, Messi is only seven away from being the Club’s all-time highest scorer (235)
• He’s the first player to ever score five goals in the Champions League for a team that plays in the Spanish League
• Messi is the 11th player to score five goals in a Champions League match (the last plaeyr to do it was Lerby, with Ajaz, in 1979 against Omonia)
• Messi’s 49 goals in the competition see him level with Alfredo Di Stefano as the sixth highest goal scorer in the history of the competition
• Of his 49 goals in the Champions League, 25 were scored at the Camp Nou, and 22 away from home; 2 of them were scored in finals
• He’s scored 54 goals in international competitions: 49 in the Champions League, 4 in the Club World Cup and 1 in the European Super Cup. (via FCBarcelona.com)

BEST: Historical Messi ... Tello and amazing. If Diego Maradona at the World Cup '86 coined the now famous expression of 'the hand of God', after a bit to mark this tip to England, Leo Messi can be attributed now a new one. Yes, because with five goals to Bayer, '10' Barça became one of the few players in history to have achieved a' little hand 'in a single game. 'The little hand of God. The Argentine was not alone in his recital. He seconded the entire team. And, in particular, a new Cristian Tello. The canterano was superlative. Came after the break, scored two, and could achieve more. His speed down the left finished behind German unhinge.

WORST: With a 7-1, a performance so flawless, and a duel with no injuries or incidents, this section is, for once desert. (via SPORT)

The manager says that Barcelona should feel fortunate to have a player like Messi. Guardiola highlights the Argentinian’s “innate talent” and “competitive capacity” as the key factors that make him the “best” footballer.

Guardiola believes that his team’s fifth consecutive qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals is due to the “Club’s stability”.

Barça earned a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the team’s fifth consecutive qualification for this round, against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Without a doubt, Lionel Messi, with five of Barça’s seven goals, was the man of the match in Barça’s rout of the German side at the Camp Nou. Josep Guardiola, who believes that the Argentinian “is the best” bar none, said that that he feels fortunate to have “coached and managed this player.” For the manager, the Barça superstar is “unique because of his talent and for his competitive capacity.”

“The circumstances don’t matter, he competes against himself. We only try to provide the conditions so that he can receive [the ball] as many times as possible where he feels comfortable [on the pitch]. It’s not easy to score five goals in a game. We are very fortunate to have a player like this, we can only enjoy him and this team,” he said just before he compared Messi to other football greats like Cruyff, Di Stefano, Maradona and Pelé. “The throne is his, only he will decide when to leave it,” said Guardiola.

The fact that the team played as if the 1-3 from the away leg wasn’t a factor, made Guardiola brim with pride during the post-match press conference: “what I’m taking away from this match is that we qualified for the next round and that the team took this game seriously. These players have done it again, they have given us a prize; they’ve taken us to the quarter-finals. The most beautiful thing about qualifying is that we can continue playing in this special tournament.”

Finally, Guardiola, who described his team’s situation in the Liga as “on the edge” because of injuries, said that the team he wouldn’t like to face in the next round is AC Milan because both Barça and the Italian side have already played together in the group stage. “We’re excited about the prospect of competing well,” he concluded. (via FCBarcelona.com)

The Barça B striker thanked Pep Guardiola for the confidence the manager has placed in him and for his Champions League debut.

Dani Alves: “we did a sensational job tonight”.



Leo Messi, with an astounding five-goal performance, took the show tonight at the Camp Nou. However, there was another player on the pitch that made a huge impression on the Barça faithful. Cristian Tello, who plays for Barça B, scored two goals in his Champions League debut. The youngster said, “the victory is in background because the goleada [rout] was important. My first goal, I signaled that I wanted a deep pass and with Cesc’s pass, I was all by myself against the keeper. Afterward, I only had to knock it in.” The canterano went on to describe what Josep Guardiola told him before he came out onto the pitch: “the boss told me that I should ask for the ball as long as I had a goal scoring opportunity. He tells me to be myself. My pace is important.”

The key to Tello’s success: the boss’s confidence

Guardiola once again put his confidence in the budding star just one month after giving Tello his La Liga debut. “The reserve side works really well and thanks to the boss I’ve been able to make my debut for the first team,” said Tello, although he feels more like a Barça B player than a first-team member. “I’m very pleased to be here but I know that my team is Barça B. This is a surprise for me. I hope the boss keeps his confidence in me.” It’s not just Guardiola that sees potential in the youngster, the Camp Nou faithful do as well. Tello was quick to thank the team’s supporters: “I’m very happy with the victory and I want to thank the public for the way they supported me.”

This victory has given the Barça squad confidence: “the team is great, with high morale and we’re aware that we cannot lose any points.”

Here are the most important statements made by the Barça players after the match:

Dani Alves: “we performed sensationally tonight. We don’t have any preferences in the quarter-finals. Fewer teams remain and we have to try and prepare well for the next tie and win it. We know that as time goes on fewer teams remain, only the best [can stay].”

Sergio Busquets: “in football you always try to score goals. It’s clear that we had possession but we also like to score goals, that’s why spectators come [to the stadium]. It’s what we like to do.

“Strong teams have been eliminated from the competition. It’s clear that there are teams that aren’t as famous, but the Champions League is the Champions League and it will be difficult to beat any team.

“It’ll be difficult because we know that we can’t falter in the League, we don’t have any margin of error.” (via FCBarcelona.com)

Robin Dutt, coach of Bayer, which no doubt will be one of the teams will play Champions League final.

Bayer Leverkusen coach Robin Dutt has been dazzled by the Barcelona game, which his team thrashed 7-1 and has ensured that azulgrana are playing with Leo Messi of another "galaxy". "From the way they play no words. It's an extraordinary class. Without Messi Barca is the best team in the world but Messi is from another galaxy," Dutt has admitted when asked about the Argentine star, author of five goals tonight at the Camp Nou.

The German coach has stated that this defeat, so bulky that it has been, is what make "real harm", despite being against the best team in the world. "We did not need to know tonight that the club is the best team I've ever seen play. It is a philosophy club, with the example of Pep Guardiola," he insisted Dutt. Bayer Leverkusen coach said that Barca have not left any chance that you have to do is quickly forget this trip to not affect them in the Bundesliga.

Finally, Dutt explained that congratulated the Barça coach Pep Guardiola, for victory and for his work on the azulgrana bench and stressed that cost much to rival clubs reach the level that now has the club catalan. "I have no doubt that they will be in the final in Munich." (via SPORT)

Azulgrana vice president Josep Maria Bartomeu was amazed by the exhibition Barça and Messi in particular against Bayer Leverkusen.

"The image of the team has been incredible. I am very happy with the outcome and team play. Also has spent the quarter, which was the important thing," said Bartomeu to the conclusion of the game to Barça TV microphones.

Over the five goals of Messi, Bartomeu was equally delighted. Moreover the possibility that the Argentine exceeding a myth as César of Barça, which is located only seven goals. "Every time is closer to the record. Are dialing a time, but still very young and I am convinced that there is no limit," he said.

The Argentine coach Alejandro Sabella was present in the box at the Camp Nou and Bartomeu said, jokingly, how he had his conversation with him during the game. "We have said that Messi has shown he can keep calling him for the next game with the team," said the manager, who later said he had seen the coach enjoying the game of 'Pulga'. (via SPORT)

Two goals from Messi put Barça 2-0 up in the first half. In the first 18 minutes after the break, Barça scored another four goals. Messi completed his full-house in the closing stages, and Bayer 04 scored their consolation goal in injury time.

FC Barcelona are already in the quarter-finals of the Champions. The holders walked all over Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the second leg of the last 16 and gave them a 7-1 thrashing which, together with the 3-1 win in the away leg, gave them an overall score of 10-2. The resistance of the Germans, finalists in the competition ten years ago, lasted about 25 minutes, until Leo Messi opened his scoring account.

This Wednesday, the Argentinian broke all his scoring records: he scored five goals, an absolute record in the history of the Champions League. His full-house of goals, 2 before the break, was accompanied by two goals from Tello, who almost scored a hat-trick.

So, FC Barcelona are through to the quarters for the fifth consecutive season, and still hope to become the first holder of the Champions League to defend their crown. Meanwhile, the team are etching exhibitions like this one into the history books.

The first half at the Camp Nou wasn't anything like the game at the BayArena. Here, as the manager, Robin Dutt, had said, Bayer 04 Leverkusen came out fighting from the opening whistle. The Germans, with nothing to lose, forgot the ultra-defensive approach of the first leg, and pressurised Barça really high up the pitch, closing down the spaces during the first ten minutes. During this time, FC Barcelona didn't even have one shot on goal, which is rare for them.

After this initial period, Guardiola's players finally managed to gain possession and push Bayer 04 Leverkusen further back, where their only opportunities would come from counter-attacks. In one of those they conceded the first goal by Messi. The Argentinian received a great pass from Xavi and took advantage of the advanced German defence to beat Leno with a fantastic chip.

After the1-0, which came just before the half hour mark, FC Barcelona had their best minutes. Fluid in the circulation of the ball, they scored the second after Mascherano won the ball and Iniesta made the final pass. ¿And the scorer? Messi again, who left Leno standing like a statue.

At the start of the second half with a 5-1 overall score in the tie, one might have thought that FC Barcelona would take their foot off the throttle. Well, no. Barça came back for more and quickly got the goal they deserved. Messi's name was also on the goal, when he scored his hat-trick with another chip over the keeper, this time with his right foot after a Cesc through ball.

Cesc was also the creator of the 4-0, which came moments later, without Iniesta and Xavi on ​​the pitch, as they'd been substituted by Keita and Tello. Tello found himself on the left wing with a direct run on goal and, once in the box, beat Leno with a low shot.

The way Barça came out after the break promised a lot more. In 18 minutes Barça scored four goals and went an amazing 6-0 up. The fifth goal also carried Messi's seal, who took advantage of a defensive error, and Tello scored the sixth, with the help of Leno, who didn't have much success in the second half. The Camp Nou, now with Muniesa on the pitch, was one big wave of emotion, and for good reason.

It was for good reason, precisely, because Barça continued to attack again and again despite the six goals. In the closing stages, Messi became the first player in the history of the Champions League to score five goals in one game, thanks to a well placed shot from the edge of the area. Bayer 04 Leverkusen, emotionally shattered, managed to go down with honour thanks to a last ditch goal from Bellarabi. The champion had walked all over them, are now in quarters, and they want more. They're hungry. (via FCBarcelona.com)


[Match Stats]
Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Adriano (Muniesa, min.63); Xavi (Keita, min.53), Busquets, Fàbregas; Iniesta, Messi and Pedro (Tello, min.53).

Bayer Leverkusen: Leno; Castro, Schwaab, Omer Toprak, Kadlec; Reimartz, Bender (Schürrle, min.55), Rofes, Renato Augusto (Oczipka, min.66); Kiessling and Derdiyok (Bellarabi, min.55).

Goals: 1-0, min.25: Messi. 2-0, min.42: Messi. 3-0, min.49: Messi. 4-0, min.55: Tello. 5-0, min.57: Messi. 6-0, min.62: Tello. 7-0, min.85: Messi. 7-1, min.91: Bellarabi.

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway). Showed yellow Rolfes (min.12) and Gonzalo Castro (min.45).

Subs: leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League match at the Camp Nou 75,632 fans, according to official figures. Some 3,800 fans of the German team encouraged his people from the south end of the third stadium bleachers Barcelona. Before starting the game, Xavi Hernandez has donated a check for 100,000 euros UEFA International Committee of the Red Cross.

Leo Messi spoke after the game against Bayer Leverkusen and said that "it is nice to convert five goals."

Leo Messi wanted to gloss over that achieved the feat on Wednesday at the Camp Nou, scoring five goals in one match: "The other thing is over, it is nice to convert five goals."

The Argentine player said team ranking: "The important thing is to be won.'s What we wanted, we are in the quarter and we did it with an advantage".

"I do not remember when he had five goals marked again, very happy," he added when asked if at lower levels remember when was the last time they scored five in a game.

On the league competition Messi spoke of the difficulty of getting the trophy of regularity: "La Liga is complicated as we said, we are trying to win what is left."

"We have the cup final awaits us," recalled Messi after the match against Bayer Leverkusen.

After passing the quarter, Messi showed no preference for a rival: "Touch the touch that is hard, if they are here is because they are the ones who got complicated. (via SPORT)

Pep Guardiola will manage to cover the absence of Alexis in attack while on the axis of the rear Pique and Mascherano will try to forget about Puyol.

Barça are playing tonight reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the Camp Nou against Bayer Leverkusen. And so at minimum. Alexis recent injuries and Puyol have left the first team in -14 box-players, forcing Guardiola to pull the branch and meet the six homegrown absences.

In defense, Piqué and Mascherano are the central couple in the absence of Puyol, where the centre-back Barcelona will have to provide centimeter-plus to establish itself as the great shield azulgrana set-pieces in pieces, in which the attempt to Bayer Leverkusen make the most possible.

The Abidal allow low Adriano have more minutes in Champions as winger, trying to emulate his compatriot Dani Alves who completed the defensive line of four.

In the center of midfield Busquets provide its basic physical waste to stop the German fast game that Pep Guardiola warned newsroom. In this sense, is not ruled out the inclusion in the starting line of a Seydou Keita who is experiencing a great form.

However, Pep could go for surround 'Busi' both Xavi as Iniesta to have absolute control of the ball, but both options would be compatible if Iniesta advance a position and pass to register as a wing.

Cesc and Messi are the untouchables in the plot more offensive. Arenys The band could fall or be repositioned as a false front center. In any case, his versatility will allow the grass to re-enlist to strengthen the midfield and ball control that both Guardiola wants to dominate tonight to stop the Bayer run and make spaces.

The other attacking trio square has no clear owner although pointing to Pedro the owner. In the event that Keita finally entered in the team, the logic is that to occupy third place the offensive Iniesta, while in normal, Peter played his position as other homegrown Cuenca or Tello. (via SPORT)

20.45, TV3 and Ràdio Barça - FC Barcelona host Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the intention of finishing off the excellent job done in the first leg and thus progressing into the last eight of the Champions League.

Barça won 3-1 in Germany, and already have one foot in the quarter finals of the Champions League.

The star of the first leg, Alexis Sánchez, misses the game through injury, as do six other players.

Both teams have won every game since they met at the BayArena.

FC Barcelona don't want any nasty surprises against the 'aspirin' team, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who they face on Wednesday night (20.45, TV3 and Radio Barça) with the aim of completing the excellent job done a fortnight ago in Germany, where they won 3-1 away, and ensuring passage into the quarter finals of Europe's premier club competition. Whenever the Champions League anthem plays, it's a warning to the players that they are competing at the highest level, and tonight's visitors have regained their form by winning every Bundesliga match since crashing at home to the defending champions.

But these are troubled times in the FCB dressing room. Guardiola is going to work around seven injuries (Afellay, Villa, Fontàs, Abidal, Alexis, Thiago and Puyol), meaning he has only 14 first team players available. That's why he has called upon the services of Tello, Muniesa, Bartra, Sergi Roberto, Dos Santos and Montoya, all of Barça B. Alexis Sánchez, who scored two goals in the first leg, will not be able to add to his tally tonight at the Camp Nou.

One of the mysteries surrounding tonight's fixture is the tactics Robin Dutt is going to employ. Having lost 3-1 in the first leg, he is unlikely to opt for the conservative methods he chose that night, with his Bayer 04 Leverkusen players waiting for FC Barcelona in their own half – especially before they finally went a goal down. At the Camp Nou, he has little choice but to push forward in search of goals, for his team will need at least three in order to qualify. They have nothing to lose, while it doesn't cost anything to dream. Corluka, the only winter signing, misses the game through injury, as do Ballack, Sam and Adler. (via FCBarcelona.com)

The champion wants to wear all your game to demonstrate that it remains the master of Europe.
If you reach the quarter, Barça will be the only one who made ​​the last five seasons.

Barça is ninety minutes of getting into the last eight of Europe for the fifth consecutive year. It is the only one who can reach that great merit.

Champions From 2007-08, Barça always reach the penultimate stage of the continental showpiece. And then also reach the semifinals.

The Bayer Leverkusen today (20.45 h.) The obstacle to overcome before these last rounds of the Champions that have the potential of a new clash with Real Madrid.

The set of Guardiola, who returns tonight Messi and Sergio Busquets, absent in the rugged league encounter against Sporting last Saturday brought a 1-3 first-leg friendly, despite which the coach azulgrana does not want to leave no detail to chance can play the best eleven in the eyes of all Europe.

Assuming that much of the work is done and it is very difficult for the German team to turn around the tie, the champions of Europe wants to send a message loud and clear to all his rivals with a resounding victory and convincing. Qualifying for rooms with another exhibition is the best way to prove who is the European number one and top seed to revalidate the title.

Enjoy the Camp Nou tonight Messi soccer, rested after not playing last Saturday against Sporting through suspension.

The Argentine top scorer in the Champions League so far, becomes more motivated than ever. Passionately encouraged the team from the stands on Saturday and burns with desire to return to provide an exhibition in Europe.

Recent seasons has been decisive contribution: last season stunned the world with a goal against Arsenal with 'hat' to Almunia included which was a finalist in the FIFA gala in choosing the best goal of the year.

A year earlier, in 2009-10, but in the quarter, shot her four goals to set in London. When Champions return to the calendar barcelonista, a few weeks of early spring, Messi also offers its best. The public who go to Camp Nou today can be graced with a new exhibit.

It will not be on the pitch, however, Carles Puyol, unexpected drop in some discomfort in the left leg adductor. There was debate over whether it was desirable to reserve it, because it is a penalty card and had he been warned he would have lost the first leg of the quarterfinals possible.

Guardiola is not very keen on this kind of speculation, especially in this case, since sooner or later face the danger of running out Puyol in the current Champions and the farther away, the worse the problem. However, the inconvenience may have solved any dilemma.

Puyol is bound to low Thiago, who has recovered from his injury in the right tibia and is low, and Alexis, injured against Sporting, who yesterday made ​​a career continues with the captain while his teammates worked at the Camp Nou, the good news that Ibi Afellay is exercised on their own nearby.

Tello, Montoya, Bartra, Jonathan dos Santos, Sergi Roberto and Muniesa, the subsidiary, completed a list of twenty summoned before a Bayer Leverkusen who will burn his ships: has only one way. (via SPORT)