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Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk Preview: The UEFA Champions League Quarter finals second leg game between Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk kicks off 18:45 GMT on 12 April 2011 at the Donblass Arena.
What can I say about FC Barcelona? They have been the best side in the world from the last two seasons and they want to keep their crown.
FC Barcelona has a good chance to go to the semi-finals of the Champions League for a third consecutive time. They are in absolute flawless form and nothing they do is going wrong for them. They have comfortable lead of 4 goals already and if they win this game, then they may face arch rivals Real Madrid in semis.
"Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk"Barcelona is currently sitting in the top position with 84 points in 31 games, overall record of W2 D3 L1 in the Spanish La Liga.
FC Barcelona has played fifteen Spain Primera Division games this season away from home. On away ground, Barcelona has won 13, drawn 2 and lost 0 games and this ranked the Barca 1st in away side performance in the Spain Primera Division.
Barcelona has won this weekend's game with 3-1 score against Almeria. They trashed Real Madrid CF with 5-0 score and maybe they made the best possible football style, which I have ever seen. They have scored 85 goals and they only have conceded 16 goals in 31 league games.
FC Shaktar Donetsk has beaten 5-1 at the hands of Spanish giants Barcelona in the first leg of the competition. For them to comeback in this game, they will have to score four goals without conceding even one. This task looks really difficult as the Barcelona side is in top form.
Shakhtar Donetsk is currently sitting at the 1st position with 61 points, overall record of W20 D1 L3 in the Ukraine League. Shakhtar is the top team in the Eastern Europe.
Shakhtar Donetsk has played twelve Ukrainean Premier Games this season on Donbass Arena. On home ground, Shakhtar has won 11, drawn 0 and lost 1 games and this ranked the Gornyaki (Miners') 1st in home team performance in the Ukrainean Premier.
Possible staring line up:
Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov; Kobin, Ischenko, Rakitskiy, Shevchuk; Mkhitaryan, Hubschman; D. Costa, Jadson, Willian and Luiz Adriano
Barcelona: Pinto; Adriano, Pique, Milito, Maxwell; Xavi, Busquets, Keita; Messi, Villa and Afellay
