The two reasons by which the Barça wants to assault the Etihad

In the FC Barcelona have it clear: it is necessary to win in the Etihad Stadium. The Barça explains by victories his parties contested this season 2016-17 in UEFA Champions League, but precisely these nine points in three days give to the ones of Luis Enrique the opportunity, in the case to achieve a new triumph in England, the possibility to close already mathematically the access to the eighth of final of the competition.

The culés no cuajaron a good party in front of the Granada CF, that put the bus backwards in an afternoon without too much imagination for the blaugrana. The Manchester City, however, will bet by a strategy of game much more offensive, what will allow to the Barça have of the sufficient spaces, in static and to the contragolpe, to punish the goal of Claudio Bravo.

If the Barcelona wins in the Etihad Stadium will have guaranteeed already, mathematically, the access to the eighth of final of the Champions League. The another objective is to finalise the liguilla of groups like first qualifier, something also near at hand to be attained in this day. And it is that, if the Celtic of Glasgow achieves to add some point in Mönchengladbach and the Barça wins in the Etihad, the ones of Luis Enrique will have already ensured the first place.

Of this form, the culés would finish like first of group by 18ª time, something that never before any another club has attained so many times in the European competition. The second classified in this statistical is the Real Madrid, with 15 occasions like first of group.

In the case that the FC Barcelona achieve his two aims, will have the opportunity of dosificarse in the two last commitments of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League, in front of Borussia M'Gladbach in the Camp Nou and Celtic of Glasgow in Scotland. It would be, without place to doubts, something very favourable to recover little by little effective and give minutes to the players with less participation.