After losing the 1st leg (4-0) three weeks ago in France, Barcelona still believe a miracle can happen at the Camp Nou on Wednesday. Nothing is impossible when we talk about Barcelona. They have the faith that they can recover the 4-0 aggregate deficit, and they will play in front of almost 100.000 fans; so they will put in their best effort to qualify. They will need to pull off the biggest ever comeback in this competition if they are to make it ten Champions League QFs in a row.
The defeat at PSG was a good lesson for The Blaugrana. After that result they have bounced back and won 4 back-to-back matches in La Liga and climbed to first place, 1 point above second-placed Real Madrid. Not only that, but Messi and Suarez are the top scorers in the Spanish La Liga with 43 goals between them (23 scored by Messi and 20 by Suarez). With the MSN trio and Iniesta in good shape, Barcelona can overcome any opponent. Barcelona’s manager Luis Enrique has announced that he will be leaving the team at the end of the season, but the news doesn’t seem to have affected them on the pitch.
PSG have won five of their last 6 games and they come into this match full of confidence, ready to secure their QF spot. In the French Ligue 1 they currently sit in second place, 3 points behind Monaco. Their top scorer, Edison Cavani is enjoying an amazing season scoring 37 goals in 36 games in all competitions. They have a huge advantage heading into this match and if they are fully focused then the Barcelona comeback seems impossible. Their goal is to score at least once in order to ensure qualification.
Barcelona need to risk everything and play offensively. If they manage to score early in the game and lead 2-0 at half time, PSGs players will get nervous and start to make mistakes. Barcelona’s results from the group stage home games give them hope that they can take this match into extra-time (7-0 vs. Celtic, 4-0 vs. Man City and 4-0 vs. Gladbach).
We expect a game dominated by Barcelona. The question is not if they can score 4 goals against PSG and go in extra time, but if they can keep a clean sheet? If they concede a goal then they will need to score six in reply, which is almost impossible. It should be a goal-fest, with Barcelona to win in ninety minutes.
Best picks for the match:
Barcelona to win and over 2.5 goals in the match @1.83 with Bet365
Both teams to score and over 2.5 goals in the match @1.7 with BetCRIS among in green listed bookmaker
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