Barcelona hosts Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The match will be played on Wednesday, May 1st at Camp Nou (Barcelona)
Barcelona has already won the local championship and now wants to claim the Champions League; the team won this tournament 5 times, when it was a real Champion’s cup and not a crawl of teams like now. But for starters, they need to progress to the final and beat the finalist of the last draw. At home, the Catalans are quite able to do this.
Liverpool is in a harder situation. In the local championship, the team is desperately fighting for a title; the last time they won it was almost 30 years ago. Barcelona is the rival in the semi-final. It will be difficult for Klopp and his team to play equally good on both fronts. If they try to kill two birds with one stone, they may leave with nothing.
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Liverpool is an outstanding cup fighter. And it won the Champions League final in Milan, losing 3-0 in the course of the match. How will the upcoming match go? Many people predict the victory of the hosts. Very logical assumption. Their squad is strong and more experienced; there are football players who have already won the Champions League in the season 14-15. And of course, Barcelona will try to win the home match with all its might; the visit to Liverpool, despite the power and experience of the Catalans, won’t be so easy.
After all, Liverpool also has some kind of experience; it won the Champions League, played in the last final, and almost all the players of that final are in good shape now. All forwards are ready to play. Mane, Salah, Firmino... It is very important for them to score an away goal. And probably they will score. In this draw, Liverpool scored PSG in Paris, scored Bayern in Munich, scored 4 times the local club in Porto. Is Barcelona better? For example, fellow Englishmen from Tottenham scored Barcelona at the group stage. Liverpool will probably score too. Well, the goal of Messi and the company is not even discussed. In this draw, Barcelona didn’t score only in one match in Lyon. I propose to stop on this outcome: both teams to score - yes.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
