Barcelona vs PSG Champions League - Quarterfinal 10-04-2013

UEFA Champions League: quarterfinal
Match date: 10 April 2013
Kick Off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Estadio Camp Nou, Spain 

 Referee:‬ B. Kuipers‎ 

Barcelona v PSG Football Match will be played on 10.04.2013 in Camp Nou (Barcelona) for a UEFA Champions League second-leg match. Bjorn Kuipers will be the referee for this match.

 This match is set up perfectly after an amazing first leg that ended 2-2.  Barcelona as usual controlled possession early on with PSG looking to sit deep then hit on the counter attack.  It was Barcelona who took the lead when Dani Alves played an exquisite pass to Messi who finished well.  The match was nearing the end when with just 10 minutes left it exploded into life.  Zlatan Ibrahimovic who was not having the best of nights by his standards eventually got the chance he was looking for and put the ball away to level things up.

Barcelona turned up the tempo and looked to have won the match when Alexis Sanchez won an 89 minute penalty which was slotted home by Xavi but the action was not over yet.  In the 4 minute of injury time PSG again levelled thanks to a goal from midfielder Blaise Matuidi and we go to Barcelona for the second leg all tied.

Both sides are easily leading their domestically leagues.  Barca top la liga by 13 points while PSG top Ligue 1 by 7 points.  They also both comfortably won at the weekend, Barcelona 5-0 over Mallorca and PSG 2-0 at Rennes.  This are set up for a mouth-watering tie between two of the best sides in European football.

Lionel Messi came off at half time in the first leg with a hamstring strain and sat out the weekend match.  He is expected to be fit in time for this game though and will look to continue his record breaking form in one of the best individual seasons we have ever seen.

Paris Saint Germain will be looking to play their best football if they were to beat Barcelona. They had a quite good match in the first leg and defended quite well. Thiago Silva was in fine form, keeping Messi at bay most of the time, but Messi still managed to score. PSG will need to get them on the counter and play like they did in the first-leg. If Messi does not play, then PSG has got a really good chance to go through, but they will still need to defend well.

Possible line-ups :

 Barcelona (4-3-3): Valdes – Alves, Pique, Bartra, Alba – Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta – Sanchez, Fabregas, Villa.
PSG (4-4-2): Sirigu – Jallet, Silva, Alex, Maxwell – Lucas, Beckham, Verratti, Pastore – Ibrahimovic, Lavezzi.