Barcelona vs. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Viktoria-Plzen-c39241 – UEFA Champions League Match Preview
Barcelona will be hosting Czech Republic side Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday. It is for the first time in the history of the game that Barcelona will play the Czech outfits.
Even though Barcelona are hosting Viktoria Plzen for the first time at the Nou Camp, Guardiola has faced a side from Czech Republic before – Sparta Prague. When Sparta Prague visited the Nou Camp, Barcelona won the game 5-0.
Barcelona have not lost the last eleven games which they played at the Nou Camp. The Spanish Champions last lost 1-2 to the Russian side Rubin Kazan who were able to shock the Catalans two years ago.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 have never faced Viktoria Plzen in the history of European football, the Czechs have never faced a Spanish opposition. Moreover, while playing in the European competition, Viktoria Plzen have lost both their fixtures and conceded nine goals.
Plzen’s disciplinary record is also quite poor. The Czech Republic side has picked up six yellow cards in the UEFA Champions League.
Team News: Barcelona
Barcelona are currently going through a lot of injury crises. The Spanish Champions have lost both their new signings due to injuries. However, they both are on their road to recovery and Josep Guardiola is going to try and save the important players for
the next weekend’s game.
Barcelona have won and drawn a game in the European competition. The Spanish Champions are currently safe in the competition and Josep Guardiola will have the opportunity to play second choice players in order to give them the European experience which they
require.
Currently http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 and Eric Abidal are not fully fit so Guardiola might not play them in the first team. In the same way, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez might not feature in the midfield since they have played a lot of football recently.
In case Andres Iniesta featured in the first team, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 will definitely play in the first team.
Barcelona are currently without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547. Josep Guardiola is going to play a relatively second choice team. The probable line-up for Barcelona is:
Victor Valdes; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez.
Team News: FC Viktoria Plzen
Viktoria Plzen currently have injuries in the first team squad. The difficult away trip to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 might turn out into a humiliation and their coach might try to play counter attacking tactics in order to avoid conceding a lot of goals.
Roman Pavlik has a knee injury so he will not play for the Czech side. Vaclav Pilar suffered from a concussion while playing for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 so he is also a doubt for the European fixture against Barcelona.
The probably line-up for Viktoria Plzen is:
Cech; Limbersky, Bystron, Cisovsky, Rajtoral; Horvath, Jiracek, Fillo, Kolar; Petrzela, Bakos.
Prediction:
Barcelona are favourites to win the game against the Czech outfit. However, Josep Guardiola would not want to put a lot of stress on his players as this is a comparatively easier fixture. The Spanish Champions are expected to win the game 3-0 at the Nou
Camp.
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