A critique of Barcelona's UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg conflict with Paris Saint-Germain. May the Blaugrana manage to secure their place in the remaining four for the sixth consecutive season? Hamilton Academical Barcelona undertake Paris Saint-Germain tomorrow looking to secure their position in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the sixth year in succession. Admittedly, the Blaugrana will have house advantage and two away targets in their favour; but they will be without two of these greatest centre-halves in Javier Mascherano and Carles Puyol while Lionel Messi might pass up with the same leg injury that forced him off at half-time in the first-leg. Will Barcelona be able to shrug off their ainjury crisisa and book their place in the remaining four, or may Paris Saint-Germain identify themselves as you of Europeas elite with a triumph at the Camp Nou? STAFF MEDIA BARCELONA Barcelona may be without Javier Mascherano and Carles Puyol for tomorrowas meltdown link with PSG, but both Adriano and Pedro have shaken off accidents to take contention for a spot in the beginning XI a' even if they havenat yet received medical clearance to return to action. Likewise, Messi resumed instruction today as he stepped up his recovery from a leg injury, though at this stage no-one really knows perhaps the Argentine will feature or not, particularly as there is a chance of a recurrence. Luckily, there's no such anxiety revolving around our goalkeeper. Victor ValdAs may be making the team in the not too distant future, and he was stopped for the past four La Liga matches but the Catalan will start between the branches trying to reproduce his impressive showing in the first-leg at the Parc des Princes. ValdAs pulled off lots of good saves to keep the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Javier Pastore away, only to be denied a clean sheet thanks to a minute of chaos from an assistant referee. Probably Lady Luck will look a bit more positively on ValdAs tomorrow... In defense, Dani Alves and Jordi Alba will start at full-back, while Gerard PiquA will start at centre-back, but with Mascherano and Puyol hurt, Tito Vilanova includes a difficult decision to produce about the last and final location. Will he begin Marc Bartra despite his relative inexperience, or can he choose to move either Alex Song or Adriano into the heart of security? Luis investigated these choices in increased detail a week ago a and I gave my two dollars then: I think Adriano must begin. Whether Tito agrees is just a whole other issue, even though hereas some food for thought: why would the membership accelerate the Brazilianas recovery if he wasnat being readied for a location in the starting XI? Barcelona will probably subject the same midfield that started the first-leg a' and thatas no matter whether Lionel Messi recovers to take his devote attack. Cesc FAbregas could have been in exemplary type on Saturday, but letas not get ahead of ourselves here, heas still some way from fighting with Xavi and AndrAs Iniesta for a spot in midfield a' particularly in a match of the size. Therefore, if Cesc FAbregas has any hopes of starting, it will have to be in attack, and it'll have in the future at the cost of Lionel Messi. With David Villa likely to keep his place on the left-hand side of attack, there definitely isnat any place for AndrAs Iniesta to start in a more high level position a and plus, after the frustration of the 2-0 defeat to AC Milan, why would anybody want to even consider the concept anyway? Alexis SAnchez is preferred to start on the right-hand side of attack after his support against Mallorca, and despite his injury, do we really think Lionel Messi can start tomorrowas match on the bench? PSG Despite concerns over their exercise, both Alex and Thiago Silva are likely to begin tomorrow, while his return could be made by Thiago Motta from damage to deputise for the suspended Blaise Matuidi. Motta is among three former Barcelona participants who can start tomorrow a' others being Maxwell and Zlatan Ibrahimovic a and the Italian might enjoy the chance to make his get back at the Camp Nou, particularly after he saw red in his last appearance at his former home because famous battle with Sergio Busquets. But, Motta will encounter opposition for a berth from his (very talented) compatriot Marco Verratti and also from Clement Chantome who could start fifth UEFA Champions League match. KIND INFORMATION Barcelona: WWWDDW PSG: DWDWDW LAST CONFERENCE Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 FC Barcelona a' 2nd April 2013 a UEFA Champions League Blaise Matuidi struck with practically the last end of the game to secure a sketch for PSG in this UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg. UMPIRE Bjorn Kuipers Oddly enough, Kuipers facilitated Barcelonaas last UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg a' a 3-1 win over AC Milan. However, Kuipers was also in control for this seasonas frustrating 2-1 beat against Celtic a' and heas shown that he isnat reluctant to issue cards both, as he sent equally Fredy Guarin and Rolando off in Barcelonaas 2-0 UEFA Super Cup win over Porto. LIKELY LINE-UPS Barcelona (4-3-3 ): ValdAs; Alves, PiquA, Adriano, Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; SAnchez, Messi, Property PSG (4-2-3-1 ): Sirigu; Jallet, Thiago Silva, Alex, Maxwell; Beckham, Chantome; Lucas, Pastore, Lavezzi; Ibrahimovic Fit FORECAST With or without Messi, I assume Barcelona to book their devote the semi-finals a' and itas either going to be extremely close, or a whole blow-out. Iam going for an extremely optimistic and entirely unrealistic 2-0 home win. Follow us on Twitter
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