The European precedents plant to the Barcelona with foot and half in semifinals

The FC Barcelona has foot and half in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League 2018-19. And we do not say it we, but the statistics. And it is that in 8 of 9 precedents, after a 0-1 out of house in the party of gone, the Barcelona attained to surpass the eliminatory European. Only the Colony of Germany, in the 1/16 of final of the Glass of the UEFA 1980-81, deleted to the culés with a conclusive 0-4 in the Camp Nou.

But the rest of times the FC Barcelona always has given the face, and has been able to surpass the eliminatory to plant in the following round: 3-0 to the Lugano of Switzerland (Recopa 1968-69, 1/16), 3-2 to the Katowice of Poland (Glass Fairs 1970-71, 1/32), 2-1 to the Steaua Bucharest of Romania (Recopa 1971-72, 1/8), 5-0 to the Akranes of Iceland (Recopa 1979-80, 1/16), 0-0 in front of the Aarhus of Denmark (Recopa 1988-89, 1/4), 5-0 to the AEK Athens of Greece (UEFA 2000-01, 1/8), 2-1 to the Bröndby of Denmark (UEFA 2003-04, 1/16), 0-0 in front of the AC Milan of Italy (Champions 2005-06, semifinals) and 1-0 to the Schalke 04 of Germany (Champions 2007-08, 1/4).

With the data in the hand, is clear that after the 0-1 harvested this Wednesday in Old Trafford the FC Barcelona has the very favourable wind to sentence the eliminatory the Tuesday 16 April in the Camp Nou, if possible with a result been bulky that it serve to put fear to the that with all probability will be his rival in the hypothetical 'semis', the Liverpool of Jürgen Klopp.

If the Barcelona goes out enchufado in the Camp Nou and deletes by the fast road to the Manchester United, will put the 9 of 10 in the order of precedents previously mentioned. In the case to attain the note to semifinals, the gone would be in the Camp Nou on 30 April or on 1 May in front of Liverpool or Carry; the turn would be the 7 or 8 May, out of house.

The Liverpool, likely rival of the Barça if it happens to 'semis'

The 'reds' won 2-0 in the gone of quarter-finals to the lusos in Anfield, and will have to finish the work next week in a stadium complicated like Do Dragao, where the Portuguese already traced back a 2-1 adverse in front of the Rome in the round of eighth of final.

Ernesto Valverde, in definite, 'will take care' to his basic pillars to have them the coolest possible of face to the parties of Champions League, taking advantage of that LaLiga Santander is practically sentenced and that the final of the Glass of the King against the Valencla will not play until the next 25 May, of here to a month and half. Wanda Metropolitan wait to the Barça on 1 June.