La Blaugrana travel without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 as they look to cement their place in UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Bayer Leverkusen.
Barcelona are marred by injury problems and will not be able to call upon the services of their star personnel, Carles Puyol and Alexis Sanchez, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara is also doubtful for the return leg.
The outfit from Catalonia destroyed Robin Dutt’s Bayer Leverkusen in the away fixture, winning the tie 1-3 at the Bay Arena.
Reflecting on the match, a pleased Guardiola warned his players about complacency, stating that their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 is only half complete.
"We have always played the return leg with a draw or a defeat in the first game. But the job is not done against Bayer. We controlled the first leg in the first half but they were very strong in the second half, and very fast."
On the other hand, Bayer go into the crunch second leg on the back of their season’s best league form.
The Bavarian outfit have won three Bundesliga matches on the trot, including a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich in the process.
In the build-up of the European fixture, Robin Dutt asked his players to go out on the pitch in search of a memorable victory against the reigning European and Spanish champions.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Freiburg-c40462 manager, Robin Dutt, was of the opinion that if the Werkself want to progress, they will have to outsmart the opposition in all departments of the match and cannot be content in limiting the score-line.
"If we play like we did in the first half of the first leg we won't be happy but if we play as we did in the second half, in which we pressured a lot more, Barca will be stretched," Dutt stated.
"We have to defend well, fight, look to score and take advantage of our opportunities."
The second leg affair between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and Bayer Leverkusen kicks off at 20:45CET.
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