The match between Manchester City vs Barcelona first leg round of 16 Champions League will be held on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 . Playing at Etihad Stadium , the big match will bring together two teams that have the best forward line world . Lionel Messi vs Sergio Aguero .


Thus the heat of the match Manchester City vs Barcelona to coach Tata Martino called it deserves regarded as final . He said , " is more ideal if we met them a bit later as both teams equally good . City playing nicely in the domestic competition . This is the perfect time for Barcelona and Manchester City for the fight . " Martino who called the Citizens as one of the world's best team , call control of the ball is the key to Barcelona to the semifinals in six consecutive seasons . He also saw Manchester City have a similar style to Barcelona . As mentioned, the team that lost the ball possession will lose in this fight .

Instead coach Manuel Pellegrini was there in the ' curse ' . Together with Villarreal , Real Madrid , and Malaga it is more often the loser against Barcelona , but Manchester City certainly have a complete squad . For the engineer , it is important for the team not justify the means . He kept asking the Citizens play a style that fans enjoyed so far , plus managed to achieve important results . In fact , as far as the City scored 2 more goals than Barcelona ( 18-16 ) despite losing control of the ball if seen ( 50 % : 63 % )

In this match , Manchester City will be without the suspended James Milner . Sergio Aguero absent . Fernandinho , and Matija Nastasic also doubtful . Contrast with Barcelona that can play all the best players, including Lionel Messi - Neymar . The only thing that is missing is just Jonathan Dos Santos due to a knee injury .

City look easy slaughtering opponents at the Etihad , it is not impossible Barcelona will suffer , but seeing excellent performance when hitting Rayo Vallecano , may be Lionel Messi . create a lot of goals in this match .

Estimated Lineup Manchester City vs Barcelona:

Manchester City ( 4-4-2 ) : 1 - Hart ; 5 - Zabaleta , Kompany - 4 , 26 - Demichelis , 13 - Kolarov ; 15 - Navas , 14 - Garcia , 42 - Yaya Toure , 21 - David Silva ; 9 - Negredo , 10 - Dzeko

Barcelona ( 4-3-3 ) : 1 - Valdes ; 22 - Alves , 3 - Pique , 14 - Mascherano , 18 - Alba ; 6 - Xavi , 16 - Busquets , 8 - Iniesta ; 9 - Alexis , 10 - Messi , 4 - Fabregas.

Prediction Soccer : 50-50