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In one of the matches of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, Barcelona takes Chelsea at its stadium. Barcelona intends to go to the quarterfinals, as in the first match played a draw and have a psychological advantage. Recall that in this season, the Catalans have not yet suffered any home defeats and are ready to improve their personal achievement in win-win encounters. Chelsea approaches this confrontation against the background of victory in the last round of the Premier League and, according to Antonio Conte, will demonstrate a completely different football, despite the personnel problems and misunderstandings regarding some players.

Barcelona is the leader in the La Liga Championship and is not inferior in its field. On the outskirts of Barcelona, ​​things are also going well and for the whole season Ernesto Valverde's team suffered only one cup defeat from their urban neighbors from Española (0: 1). The Spanish championship is moving smoothly towards its final, but while the hosts did not secure a decent lead over points, although they took a big step towards their title, having beaten mattresses from Atletico Madrid on their field. The game was a mixed success and the fate of that match was decided by the only accurate blow of Argentinean Lionel Messi from the penalty (1: 0). Before that, Barcelona tried to play in an energy-saving mode and paid for its negligence, since on the way it missed one of the outsiders of Las Palmas and rolled in a draw 1: 1. Further, Barcelona held one more away match with Málaga and won by scoring two goals in the team's last goal (2: 0).

In the Champions League, Barcelona has not experienced much discomfort and the club, which was the most difficult in the eyes of analysts, played in Turin, where he played on the world stage with Juventus (0: 0). However, in the first round of the group stage, the Basques were punished by Bianconeri for excessive self-confidence and took revenge for last year's defeat in the quarter-finals of the European Cup, having won with a similar score (3: 0). In the confrontation with Chelsea, Barcelona tried to stay apart, but they took the ball under their control and did not give their opponents a chance to hold at least one distinct counterattack. But soon after the Brazilian Villian, after one of the constructive offensives of aristocrats, he opened the account. The return ball did not have to wait a long time, because after the error of the defender Andres Iniesta, he intercepted the ball and issued a well-adjusted pass to Messi, who fixed the final score 1: 1. At the moment, the hosts have a psychological advantage and, under a certain scenario, they will be satisfied with a 0-0 draw, but Barcelona always has a home stability and in no case will dry the game.

In the Championship of England no longer claim to high places and the more purely physically they will not be able to defend their title of the best club of the Premier League. The leader of Manchester City does not give up the chances and broke away from the aristocrats by more than 20 points, and in personal meetings outplayed the blue with the same score 1: 0. In the final round Chelsea won against the opponents of the Crystal Palace 2: 1, but before that in a very difficult encounter with Manchester United lost the match (1: 2).