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Event: Barcelona vs Shakhtar Live Stream
Date: Wednesday, 6th April, 2011
Kick off: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain.
After eliminating Arsenal in the Knockout stages, FC Barcelona face Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday at the Camp Nou in the Champions League Quarter finals. The last time Barcelona and Shakhtar faced each other was in 2009 in the UEFA Super Cup Final, with Pedro Rodriguez in target for Barca in the extra-time after finishing goalless in the 90 minutes.Date: Wednesday, 6th April, 2011
Kick off: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain.
In the domestic league, Pep Guardiola’s men are the leaders with 81 points. In their last La Liga match, Los Cules defeated Villarreal 1-0 at El Madrigal with a Gerard Pique’s goal. After this score, Barcelona are eight points clear of Real Madrid and is big favourite to lift the Spanish trophy third consecutive.
Barcelona’s five last results:
2 Apr 2011 - Villarreal 0 - Barcelona 1. La Liga
19 Mar 2011 - Barcelona 2 - Getafe 1. La Liga
13 Mar 2011 - Sevilla 1 - Barcelona 1. La Liga
8 Mar 2011 - Barcelona 3 - Arsenal 1. Champions League
5 Mar 2011 - Barcelona 1 - Zaragoza 0. La Liga
Barcelona’s news Lionel Messi is struggling to be fit against Mircea Lucescu’s side. The Argentinian striker has a leg injury and was only used as a substitute in the 1-0 win at Villarreal on Saturday.
Xavi Hernandez returns to the starting line-up after serving a one-game ban at the weekend and he should provide freshness to a team that has on occasions looked jaded recently.
Injured / Unavailable : Carles Pujol. The central defender could not recovered in time to play at Camp Nou. Gabriel Milito will likely be his replacement as Gerard Pique is suspended. The Argentinian will be partnering with Sergio Busquets in the heart of the defence. Therefore, former Liverpool Mascherano will be in the midfield alongside Iniesta and Xavi. Eric Abidal is also sidelined. The French international was undergone an opeation to remove a tumor from his liver 18 days ago and, although he returned on training on Monday, he's still unavailable.
On the other side, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified into the quarter-finals after eliminating AS Roma (agg 6-2) in the knockout stages. In the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk are the incontestable leaders with 61 points, with twelve points clear of Dynamo Kiev. Shakhtar has only lost once in this Champions League against Arsenal at the Emirates in the Group stages and is a fiery and dangerous rival. In fact, Shakhtar have emerged victorious in nine of their last 10 Champions League encounters and have scored a staggering 26 goals.
Shakhtar’s five last results:
8 Mar 2011. Shakhtar Donetsk v Roma 3-0. Champions League
16 Feb 2011. Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk 2-3. Champions League
8 Dec 2010. Shakhtar Donetsk v Braga 2-0. Champions League
23 Nov 2010. Partizan v Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3. Champions League
3 Nov 2010. Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal 2-1. Champions League
Shakhtar Donetsk’s news Lucescu’s tema have been boosted by the return of Fernandiho, who featured in Shakhtar's 3-1 win away to FC Ilichivets Mariupol on Friday, after seven-month layoff.
Brazilians Costa, Jadson, William and Adriano are strong midfielders and will try to create attacking football to overcome Valdes’ resistance. At the same time, former Arsenal striker, Eduardo, is one of the star of this team and has scored four goals from just six shots on target in the competition this season.
Doubtful: Former FC Barcelona, Dmytro Chygrynskiy is expected to recover in time. The defender
Injured / Unavailable : Olexandr Kucher.
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