Milan - Barcelona. First Match 1/4 Lh.

The first match of the quarterfinal of the most prestigious tournament in Europe will be held at the San Siro stadium - the home arena of the Italian grandee. This fact seems to give Milan the advantage, but the Catalans have already stayed with the Milanese and took home the victory. But it was in the group stage, now a slightly different alignment, and the London Arsenal beat life on its field with the score 4: 0. But the Barca is not the Gunners, although they are also in a state of fever this season, as indicated by their second position in the championship of Spain. Of course, everything can be attributed to bad luck and yes, Barcelona crushed, created a lot of crazy moments, but to stumble on Getafe and misfire with Osasuna, the club that competes with Real for the title of champion should not. But that's not the point.

Given the bitter experience of the 5th round of the group stage, Milan must draw conclusions and make adjustments to the game and preferably do not die out like with Arsenal, because they will do it with Barca and the return match will be only a formality. In turn, Barcelona also must forget the last match, otherwise the Italians can act as with the Gunners, the more Milanese now go to the first place in their championship, and this already speaks for some stability.

A few words about the compositions. The teams have injured and as a coincidence that Milan has Barça's main attackers, Pato and Villa respectively. True, the Italians have Ibrahimovic and Robinho, but MESSY, this is a giant of modern football, lose it to Barcelona, that would be tangible. Presumably, the teams will play on similar schemes, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 1 drawn forward, well, or attacking midfielder and two strikers. It will be interesting to look at the confrontation between Aquilani and Xavi, of course the first one did not grow to the level of the Spaniard, but he will not be offended by the fans of his talent, but that's true, but anything can happen. It is very curious who will impose his game on whom. The Catalans are famous for their leisurely rolling and playing the ball until they almost get in the goalkeeper, but they do it beautifully, in turn, Milan plays at home and should look decent in the eyes of their fans. If the Italians can establish a competent selection and cut off areas for the movement of opponents, then there is a real chance to win, but will Barca do this?

In general, I expect a very interesting match, but let this be the first match and the teams can be cautious and do not climb for trouble, but on the other hand for the semi-final it's a stone's throw away, and the departure in the current stage will not be remembered by anyone, unless there is a scandal or a rout. In general, we expect the match and cheer for the beautiful football, which today should be in abundance.