Twin Towers de Wembley was between the two where the FC Barcelona conquered his first Glass of Europe in 1992. The new stage of the London capital will welcome again in the Barcelona, that is prepared to repeat the end of the UEFA Champions League 2009 before the Manchester United FC.
Barcelona left victorious two seasons ago and is light favorite to return to gain thanks to its elegant game of combinations and you happen short. Ésto has caused that has written down 27 goals of way to the end. After leading Group D in front of the FC København, the Catalan set eliminated Arsenal FC and FC Shakhtar Donetsk, before disputing a semifinal flood of rivalry before Real Madrid CF.
The technician Josep Guardiola gained the Glass of Europe like player in 1992 in Wembley, and hopes to take to his entorchado equipment to the fourth continental one in the same stage. He could be his penultimate opportunity, since after to have renewed up to 2012, has commented that " every time I am more near the end than of the principle " of its mandate in the bench.
Titles in competitions the UEFA (subchampionships between parenthesis) of Europe: 1992, 2006, 2009; (1961), (1986), (1994)
of the UEFA: 1979, 1982, 1989, 1997; (1969), (1991)
of the UEFA: 1992, 1997, 2009; (1979), (1982), (1989), (2006)
National titles (most recent between parenthesis) : 21 (2011)
of Spain: 25 (2009)
Previous end in the Glass of Europe 6 (it gained 3, lost 3)
Ránking by clubs of the UEFA 2 (his rival, the Manchester United is first)
Goleador Maximo It binds: Lionel Messi, 31
The UEFA Champions League: Lionel Messi, 11
Strengths and weaknesses The instinct to maintain the possession seems to be intrinsic to the genetics of the players of Barcelona. The Catalan club has had more possession than its rivals in all the parties, as much as local as visitor, since it fell by 4-1 before Madrid in May of 2008. In individual terms, Lionel Messi is obvious the jewel of the crown. The Argentine forward has written down 52 goals this campaign in all the competitions, including eleven morning calls in twelve parties of the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, there are symptoms of preoccupation in the azulgrana set, mainly by the physical and mental exhaustion. In addition, Carles Puyol has been four months injured and to atraviesta David Villa a bad gust of wind facing door.
Key moment In spite of his excelsa creativity and its dominion of the ball, good part of the presence of the Barça in semifinals must to the forward of the Arsenal Nicklas Bendtner, who failed a clear occasion in the Camp Nou that could have left it go to the Barça in end eighth of the competition. The Arsenal robbed the ball to him to Adriano in the right, Andrey Arshavin attended Jack Wilshere and this it left the ball for the arrival of Bendtner by the center. Badly the control of the Danish forward allowed to arrive at Víctor Valdés. " If the control of Bendtner had been better, probably we would be outside ", said Guardiola.
Player revelation He must be the impenetrable Valdés. The pressure of the azulgrana causes that many of the occasions that the Catalan doorman receives are one against one, situations in which it hopes that the attacker marks. But the levels of concentration of the doorman of 29 years are so high that it can be more than one hour without working and to react suddenly in seconds to save goals. It has only fitted 16 so many in his last 21 parties in the competition and their shutdowns during the quarterfinals before the Shakhtar will be a recurrent nightmare for the ucraniano equipment during months.
State of form Position in league: 1 (Last five parties: DVEEV)
It is the equipment that has dominated Spanish soccer in the three last seasons, and for that reason it can that Barcelona pays a price to maintain a rate so high and to play parties of Maxima exigency level of clubs considering in addition that many of the men of Guardiola play regularly in addition with their selections. They continue dominating the possession in spite of losing something of aggressiveness facing goal at will, whereas some losses in defense have allowed the rivals to generate more occasions of which he was habitual. Although champion of Spanish Liga proclaimed itself, kills time that Barcelona does not find its better soccer.
Breaking the statistic Besides to take to 140 goals in all the competitions this year, the players of the Barça have sent 28 balls against woods.
What say their rivals?
Edwin goes to der Sar, Manchester United " Jugan very well, with the great soccer. They already demonstrated it in the end of 2009. Now we must assure us that we have learned the lesson, and prepare us better and confront the party of way different from that time ".
The Barça dominates the control of the ball like no other, but also it must much to him to Valdés in his way towards his possible fourth European crown.
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