Like this they arrive FC Barcelona and Manchester City

They have happened three weeks from the 0-2 in the Etihad Stadium in the gone of the eighth of final of the League of Champions. Since, Manchester City and Barça have contested three commitments each one, with some joys and painful defeats in both cases.

Without going more far, the City remained deleted in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup this Sunday when falling home in front of the Wigan, of the second English division (1-2). The positive note of the meeting was the titularity of Kun Agüero, the main drop of Pellegrini in the gone against the Barça. In the previous week, however, the ones of Manchester proclaimed champions of the Capital One Cup when winning to the Sunderland by 3-1. The another party in these last three weeks also saldó in victory. It was in the League, with the Stoke (1-0).

The Barça, by his part, only has contested commitments of League since it saw the faces with the City. Two defeats in two exits in San Sebastián (3-1) and in Valladolid (1-0) have done him lose the leadership. In half, in the Camp Nou, where will contest the big split the Wednesday, the Barcelona group surpassed to the Almería by 4-1.

No longer there will be more parties. The Wednesday the City and the Barça go back to find. In ninety minutes, his future in Europe will be at stake.

The FC Barcelona contests this Wednesday (20.45 hours, Channel ) the turn of the eighth of the League of Champions with the advantage of the result of the gone (0-2). If it attains the classification, will be the seventh consecutive time that will do act of presence in the quarter-finals. To continuation review the most curious data of this duel:

It is the first time that the Manchester City contests an official party in the Camp Nou. Before, it had played two friendly. The first was in 1974, in the duel of the 75 anniversary of the Club, and the final result was a Barcelona triumph (3-2). The second was in the Gamper of 2009 (0-1). Also it played two parties in Them Corts, in 1952 and 1957, with victories of the Barça by 5-1 and 3-2, respectively.

The FC Barcelona faces this party with the advantage of the 0-2 of the gone. A fact that has produced in eight occasions in Europe. With this result, the Barça always has finish classifying and never has lost the duel of turn in the Camp Nou. Like this then , if this statistics fulfils , the barcelonistas will be able to celebrate the seventh consecutive classification to the quarter-finals.

The group 'citizen' is experiencing his first participation in the eighth of the League of Champions. In European competitions, has played in the Iberian Peninsula five times and has achieved a triumph, a tie and three defeats. Instead, the Barça has contested like venue 27 clashes against English teams. It has won 15, it has empatado ten and only has lost two.

In these appointments against groups of England and playing like venue, Messi has done until eight goals. The '10' Barcelona already opened the marker in the party of gone and this Wednesday has a new opportunity to widen one of his numerous records. The Argentinian is the maximum goleador of the history of the competition in the eighth of final, where has done 16 goals in 17 parties.

Speaking of Argentina, the two footpaths of the Camp Nou will be occupied by two compatriots. On the one hand, Tata Martino and, by the another, Rubén Cousillas. The second trainer of the Manchester City will substitute to a sanctioned Manuel Pellegrini. The Chilean has contested 22 parties against the Barça, with a balance of four victories, four ties and 14 defeats.

Another protagonist of the party will be Touré Yayá. The midfield player goes back, for the first time, in the Camp Nou after his house between 2007 and 2010.

The referee of the party is the French Stéphane Lannoy. It has pitado three parties to the Barça in the League of Champions and all they have finish with Barcelona triumph. The last was this same season: Celtic -Barça (0-1) of the phase of groups. Lannoy Also arbitrated in 2011 the victory of the Manchester City to the Bayern of Munich (2-0).