Barcelona take on the visitors AS Roma at “Camp Nou” in the first-leg clash of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final. The game will be played in Barcelona on Wednesday, April 4th.
Barcelona look awesome in this season. The club keeps on chasing for the treble while unbelievable Lionel Messi demonstrates terrific form. Thus, it can be said that at the moment everything is going in accordance to Ernesto Valverde’s plan. However, apart from all the side’s strength in this season, still it should be noted that “Blaugrana” got a lucky draw in the face of the Romans. As with all respect to the forthcoming visitors, AS Roma are quite able to fail with a handsome margin at “Camp Nou” similar to a smashing 1:6 defeat which happened two years ago on the group stage of the tournament.
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I believe that the Romans also don’t forget that horrible fiasco and will be highly motivated in the matchup. “I Giallorossi” showed themselves from the best side in this season’s UEFA Champions League, having surprised the football fans with their performance in the clashes against Chelsea as the AS Roma had managed to beat “The Pensioners” with 6:3 aggregated score in the group. That success allowed the team to promote to the 1/8 final stage of the tournament from the first place which it had deserved in the rivalry against Chelsea, Qarabag and the former UEFA Champions League finalist - Atletico Madrid. Consequently, the Romans shouldn’t be underestimated in any case.
The hosts’ confident triumph looks like the most solid selection for the Wednesday tackle as Barcelona show remarkably powerful football in front of their supporters, having smashed Juventus and Chelsea with the same 3:0 scoreline at their own turf in this season’s UEFA Champions League. Besides, the Catalans have substantially improved their play in defense, having conceded just two goals in the tournament. And in general, “Blaugrana” has much more skilful players in the squad. Concerning the Romans, their main task will be to bind Lionel Messi and try to score goals in order to keep some chances for a favourable outcome before the reverse fixture in Rome.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to win with -1.5 Asian handicap.
