The FC Barcelona has assisted this Monday to the draw of the eighth of final of the Champions, in which it has remained matched with the Olympique of Lyon. Between the possible opponents there was authentic 'coconuts' for the Catalans, that know that they are in front of a favourable crossing but that do not have to relax if they do not want that the Frenchmen, a group with a lot of potential, give them some unpleasant surprise.
In contrary sense, clear is, the worry is even greater, because to the 'lions' has touched them one of the firmest candidates to the title. It does some years that the culés no saborean the glory in the European competitions, but have spare quality to go escalando and a motivation accumulated that it does them even more dangerous. By not speaking of a full changing room of stars.
And between all they, the one who more shines is the one of Leo Messi, one of the best players of the planet and, for the time being, the footballer more in shape of the world. Between discussions caused by inappropriate comments of some legend or an unreal classification in the Balloon of Gold, the one of Rosario follows answering on the lawn, and here remains quite clear that there is not the one who can reach him.
The OL fears to the '10' by what is able to do and by what already did him, in the four occasions in which they saw the faces in Champions. In three of them attained to annotate (harvested two victories and two ties), but besides in the last, in the Camp Nou, produced an exhibition tremenda of the Barcelona that sentenced an eliminatory that had remained opened in Lyon (1-1).
In hardly 45 minutes, Xavi, Iniesta, Henry, Eto'or and Messi gave an authentic lesson of football, and to a doublet of the French followed him a target of the Argentinian and another of the African. Jean Makoun and Juninho Pernambucano maquillaron the marker, but in the discount of the second half, Seydou Keita completed the 'manita' that put to the Barça in chambers. This year they expect a similar forcefulness to certify the go through the fast road.
Messi is hungry of Champions
And, of course, Messi keeps on being the big threat of the Barça, since it is showing that it wants this Champions and carries 6 goals and an assistance in four apparitions. Only an unlucky injury in the elbow has prevented him expand his registers, that extend to 20 so many and 12 assistances in the 19 commitments that has contested in what it goes of campaign.