FC Barcelona vs APOEL Nikosea (20:45, Channel Ties of Champions)

The FC Barcelona debuts this Wednesday in the League of Champions. The Camp Nou will receive the first face to official face between Barça and APOEL, Cypriot champion and third team of this country that play in the Camp Nou after the Apollon of Limassol and the AEK Larnaka. The meeting, corresponding to the first day of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2014/15, will play in the Camp Nou this Wednesday 17 September (20:45 hours). The party of turn, corresponding to the fifth day of the Group F, will play in Nikosea the Tuesday 25 November. We remember that the team blaugrana also shares group with the Paris Saint-Germain and the Ajax.

After the glorious start of the new season, the men of Luis Enrique première in European competition to confront to one of the teams theoretically feebler of the group F: the APOEL of Nikosea. Although the Barça is the clear favourite for the meeting the Cypriots arrive to Barcelona with win to present battle. Everything and have to almost all the players to his disposal, Luis Enrique has given rest to Montoya, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Mascherano and Pedro. Neither they will be Vermaelen and Masip, lesionados, and the Uruguayan Luis Suárez, sanctioned. The party could suppose the debut in the Champions of Douglas, that has premièred in a list, Sandro and Munir. The goalkeeper Ter Stegen participated in a previous phase.

Founded in 1926, the APOEL is the club with better list of winners of the Cypriot football, with 23 Leagues, 20 Glasses and 13 Supercopas. It is necessary to stand out that it has won five of the last 8 leagues of his country. The APOEL classified to play the phase of groups of the Champions League after surpassing the previous phase of the European competition. The ones of Giorgos Donis surpassed to the Helsinki by a global result of 4-2, and to the Aalborg Danish, by 5-1. It will be the first time that Barça and APOEL see the faces in European competition. The past season occurred the same with the Ajax, since, in spite of the history of the two teams, never had coincided in an official party of the Champions.

SEE ON-LINE - Time and television of the party Barcelona-APOEL. In Spain, can see in direct (Wednesday 17 September, from the 20:45 hours) through Channel Ties of Champions / HD. Also it can follow on-line through Yomvi, that will offer the meeting with access from any PC, tablet or smartphone (only for accesses from Spain). Besides, different portals, like Rojadirecta, Bwin or Justin TV offer to see in streaming the party through platforms P2P (international signal).

The first team of the Football Club Barcelona will not follow the habit of the last years when there is split of League of Champions and will not concentrate the night before. The summoned will happen the night home and will go directly to the Camp Nou the same day of party. It is foreseen that this Wednesday in the morning make the last session of preparation.

Luis Enrique will have to decide - if it has not done it still - who will be the goalkeeper in European competition. In the rest of positions expect big changes after confirming the absences of Montoya, Alba, Mascherano, Busquets and Pedro; Bravo or Ter Stegen in goal, Alves, Hammered, Mathieu and Adriano would complete the defence; Xavi, Rakitic and Iniesta in the medullary and up Messi and Neymar accompanied by Munir or Rafinha.