A mouth-watering tie at Camp Nou on Wednesday sees Pep Guardiola return to face his former side for the first time as the Spanish and German giants go head-to-head in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final. Overall, the Catalans have played host to German opponents on 25 occasions, from which they have recorded 17 wins and suffered seven defeats. Luis Suarez form as part of the attacking trio alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar, who have scored a record-breaking 108 goals between them this term, sees Barca top the La Liga standings and has also been a major reason behind their positive displays in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola is not so lucky, with a long list of injuries and a few key ones heading into the trip to Spain. Left-back David Alaba will be lucky to play a game again this season, whilst Holger Badstuber is out for the season. Javi Martínez has only just made his return after being out for most of the season, it would be a surprise to see the Spaniard feature in this one. Arjen Robben is out for the season with a calf injury whilst Franck Ribery is a doubt for this match having been troubled with an ankle injury. Robert Lewandowski is also a doubt, with a broken nose. History of Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg TIME: 20:45, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Location: Camp Nou Referee: Nicola Rizzoli Predicted Lineups Barcelona possible starting lineup: Ter Stegen; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Suarez, Messi, Neymar. Bayern Munich possible starting lineup: Neuer; Bernat, Benatia, Boateng, Rafinha; Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Alonso; Thiago, Gotze; Muller Read more
May I ask why the bloody hell there is no discussion on this match? The goal by Messi was world class....Messi made Boateng look like an idiot. http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/pos...rts-world-goes-crazy-lionel-messi-insane-goal
http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...rcelona-v-bayern-munich-6-may-2015-r.2019641/ has 276 replies in the Barcelona forum. http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...rcelona-fc-bayern-münchen-6-may-2015.2019686/ has 726 replies in the Bayern Munich forum. Some of the replies were from before the game. I'm not counting how many. UEFA Champions League games don't get much discussion here. You have to go into the club forums.