The calendar of the season 2018-19 follows accelerating for the FC Barcelona, that after reacting in League and Glass of Rey, now looks to the Champions. The Catalans parked the doubts of February and have started March with good foot, and now want to confirm his mejoría surpassing another dangerous commitment against an Olympique of Lyon that visits the City Condal had to give the chime.
The culés have to take advantage of the factor Camp Nou not to carry a discontent, and is that the surprises home have multiplied in the last days. The eighth of final of the European competition have left traced back so sounded like the one of the Ajax to the Real Madrid or the one of the Manchester United to the PSG, but also triumphs so conclusive like the ones of the Juventus or the Manchester City, that have showed that like venues are practically insuperable.
Between his own errors and the extraneous, to the men of Ernesto Valverde do not are missing them warnings, and in the changing room faces the meeting with maximum respect to the OL. The Barcelona are favourite and were near to show it in France, but as it failed them the puntería touches to confirm it on the lawn in a year in which it has insisted in that the big aim is the 'orejona'. That it do not remain only in words.
The four keys of the Barça-Olympique of Lyon
The statistics accompanies
In this type of appointments is usual to look to the precedents, and in this case smile to the Barça. In seven clashes in Europe, the Lyon never has attained to win him, and in addition to the four victories culés -three home and one to domicile-, the three ties were in territory Frenchman. This yes, as already it has mentioned with the favouritism, this news only voucher if it translates in the terrain of game
The factor Camp Nou
In the Champions is more important that never the factor field, and fits to stand out that the Catalans only have lost home twice in the last decade. The furthest, in phase of groups against the Rubin Kazan (2009), and afterwards against the Bayern of Munich in 'semis' (2013). This is a good augurio of face to the classification, but it is necessary to take into account that the ties with goals favour to the French.
It will play Dembélé?
Now that Leo Messi seems to have left backwards his annoyances, the looks head to Ousmane Dembélé, that finish 'touched' against the Ray Vallecano. The one of Vernon has turned into one of the offensive referents of the Barça after the bajón of Philippe Coutinho, but Ernesto Valverde has warned that they do not have intention to risk him if it does not see him to 100%. In spite of the doubts, has exercised this Tuesday and has gone in in the announcement.
A proof of level
Although anybody hides that this is a difficult examination, the Barça has to surpass it if it wants to win the Champions, in which anybody goes it to him to put easy. They remain six parties for the glory and east is the first, before three possible rounds more in which neither they admit errors. Thinking in this, it is necessary to remember that to the Barcelona only costs them win, because a tie to zero would force the extention and one with goals -in addition to a defeat- would classify to the Olympique of Lyon.