Tuesday Barcelona will be playing Arsenal in the second of two quarter-finals matches in their champions league draw. The first game on 2/16 was lost in London 2-1.
In a strange repeat of last year's second game with Arsenal in the champions league, Barça will be without their defensive backbone of Pique and Puyol (from yellow cards and injury). Last year Messi put the norf Londanas to bed with a hat-trick before the first half ended. Another goal after the break brought his tally to 4. Somehow this year's parallel situation is stunning - as if time had not really evolved and the weird comedy was prolonged in a warp.
Barcelona are at the top of the table in Spain, though their wins have been low scoring ones of late. In England, Arsenal are three points behind Man U for number one with a game in hand, but they have some serious issues closing the deal when they look to be on the cusp of big wins. The thing is that Arsenal play best when they play at their most Barsenal. This distinguishes them among so many other clubs in the Premier league. Facing the actual model for their style on the pitch in opposition at the enormous Camp Nou will they wither as they did last year?
After Barça beat them then, the Blaugrana went on to play Inter Milan, traveling by bus along the mountainy trip because the volcanic eruption in Iceland grounded all flights until the one that would eventually bring them home, having lost.
Last year was close, but no silver. What kind of story will be written now while the world watches the team. As talent meets the ashy winds, which play will be favored?
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