Probable line-ups

Barcelona: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Busquets, Adriano; Iniesta, Mascherano, Xavi; Pedro, Messi, Villa.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov; Srna, Chygrynskiy, Rakitskiy, Rat; Hubschman, Mkhitaryan; Costa, Jadson, Willian; Luiz Adriano.

Barcelona beat Arsenal 4-3 on aggregate in the round of 16 in the Champions League to progress to the quarter-finals.However, the team that has knocked the Gunners out of Europe’s premier club competition in the last seven seasons have lost their next knock-out game.Pep Guardiola’s side have faced the fewest shots on target in the Champions League this campaign.Barca have reached the semi-finals of the competition in each of the last three seasons.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has scored 25 goals in his last 30 matches in the Champions League and 14 in his last 11 starts. The Argentine also has taken 20 shots on target, more than any player in the competition this campaign.

Shakhtar Donetsk are in the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in their history. In the last 16 stage, the Ukrainians defeated Italian side Roma 6-2 on aggregate, scoring three goals in both matches.The Miners beat Barcelona 3-2 at the Nou Camp the last time they played there. They have won two and lost three of their six European matches against the reigning Spanish champions.Shakhtar forward Eduardo has scored four goals from just six shots on target in the competition this season.Mircea Lucescu’s side have scored the most number of goals from outside the opposition’s penalty box in Europe’s elite club competition.Shakhtar have emerged victorious in nine of their last 10 Champions League encounters and have scored a staggering 26 goals.

Barca all the way

Yes o! Barca for the big ears.

NO MERCY,murder them at home and respect their home record by playing draw in their hom.afterall,we are Barca, and we are not selfish.
the MVP collabo will be too hot for them to handle.
Forza Barca.

barcelona should be carefull if no there will be out of champions league

I see barca wanting to finish off the tie in this leg and take things easy second leg

Barcelona 4-3-3: Valdes; Alves, Busquets, Pique, Adriano; Xavi, Mascherano, Keita; Iniesta, Messi, Villa.

Subs: Jeffren, Alcantara, Dos Santos, Afellay, Maxwell, Mino, Bojan, Pedro, Fontas, Montoya, Milito.

Shakhtar Donetsk 4-2-3-1: Pyatov, Rat, Ishchenko, Rakitskiy, Srna; Hubschmann, Mkhitaryan; Jadson, Willian, Costa; Adriano.

Subs: Moreno, Vitsenets, Korin, Chygrynskiy, Khudzhamov, Eduardo, Stepanenko, Teixeira, Chyzhov.

pep and this strange formation hmmmmmmm i pray it works

here we go

Goallllll Iniesta

barca too fast

Great start

our back side is a joke avels with ptenty brunder

our back line is a joke, alves with prenty brunder

This game is gonna be tough foя barca. Donesk creating a lot of chances

topeorekoy:

This game is gonna be tough foя barca. Donesk creating a lot of chances

eno go easy oh

Goal Alves 2-0

Yessss, we're almost there. Great work from Iniesta to set up the goal

medjai:

Yessss, we're almost there. Great work from Iniesta to set up the goal

yes but we still need more 2-3 goals to be close to there

Goalllllllllllllllllll pique 3-0

Inesta why
goalllllllllll kieta 4-1

Iniesta to miss return leg

messi has been so good so far

I don't think the away goal would be of any advantage to Shakhtar in the return leg.

we need another  goal to make it mission impossible for shakhtar

Villa for pedro

what is wrong with Alves tonight? no decent cross habaaaaaaaaaaaaa

goalllllllllllllllllllll 5-1 xaviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

full time 5-1
forza barca

it is indeed a great night! No one will ask for more! No one even saw a high five coming!

Johnpaul88:

it is indeed a great night! No one will ask for more! No one even saw a high five coming!

not exactly. I did predict a manita, if you check my last comments on the club thread.

Great Barca result! Gotta love this team.

Iniesta did well getting suspended (I think it was planned); better rest him for the next match against Shakhtar than risk losing him against Madrid

Villa was quite poor (been like this for a month)

Pique was a bit slow. Can't wait for Puyol and Abidal's return

Alves was a bit frustrating with his crosses but still scored and assisted for Xavi's goal

Messi was not fully fit too

But they still crushed a good Donetsk side!!