The FC Barcelona has an appointment with the history this Tuesday in the turn of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. After four consecutive seasons without not even approach to some semifinals of Champions League, the Barcelona at last have to 'shot' others 'semis'. The culés won to Paris Saint-Germain in the gone by 2-3, putting a step already in the following round, but will have to certify the pass in Montjuïc against a Parisian picture that does not go to put the easy things.

It does a week, in the Park of the Princes, the barcelonistas surprised to a PSG that was worse in almost all moment. Except the first 15 minutes of the second part, where the French gave him the turn to the marker, happening to win 2-1 after going losing 0-1, the rest of the meeting was dominated by the Catalans. In spite of the traced back gala, the ones of Xavi Hernández no 'creased' and achieved to go back to put by in front with another goal of Raphinha, author also of the first, and a so much of Andreas Christensen, that will not be able to be in this turn by sanction.

In addition to the Danish, the Barça great also the drop of Sergi Roberto, headline in France, that the same that the 'Nordic' also saw his third yellow. Those are the two only absences of the Barcelona picture for this 'final' anticipated, further of the expected of long length of Alejandro Balde and Gavi. Luckily, Frenkie of Jong and Pedri do not have resentful of his respective injuries go back both for the gone, and the two go to be headlines in Montjuïc this Tuesday.

Alignments confirmed of the FC Barcelona-Paris Saint-Germain

  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Cubarsí, Cancel; Frenkie of Jong, Pedri, Gündogan; Lamine, Lewandowski and Raphinha.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: Crag, Iñigo Martínez, Ferran, Joao Félix, Romeu, Marcos Alonso, Vitor Roque, Fermín, Casadó, Guiu, Astralaga and Héctor Fort.
  • XI of the PSG: Donnarumma; Achraf, Marquinhos, Lucas Hernández, Nuno Mendes; Fabián, Vitinha, Zaïre-Emery; Dembélé, Barcola and Mbappé.

Xavi, therefore, goes out to this turn of Champions with which can be considered right now his XI of gala, with the Canarian and the Dutch in the centre of the field beside Ilkay Gündogan. The other, are the same that in the gone, with a defence formed by Jules Koundé, Ronald Araújo, Pau Cubarsí and Joao Cancel; and a forward that form Lamine Yamal in the right, Robert Lewandowski in the centre and Raphinha in the left.

In the gone, the pair Koundé/Araújo was key for 'erase of the map' to Kylian Mbappé and will go back to be it in the turn, although the French will not split directly of the left, since the pure extreme will be Barcola, that does a week was acting. Also there are a lot of hopes put in Raphinha and Lewandowski, vital in Paris, one with his goals and the another by the a lot of that contributed. By his part, Lamine, that was more 'turned off' in the Park of the Princes, wait be in Barcelona the differential factor that comes being these last months.

In the PSG, in addition to the presence of the mentioned Barcola, that goes in by Marco Asensio, that was to title in the Park of the Princes, also stand out the return of Achraf Hakimi, that could not play the gone by sanction, and the titularity of Zaïre-Emery, that goes in by Kang-inReads . They are important novelties, since the three have been along the season titled usual and his presence could do that the Parisians improved, something that will have to counter the Barça.