Man City vs Barcelona Champions League February 18, 2014

Manchester City and Barcelona will meet at the Etihad Stadium star in the knockout stages of the Champions League , a confrontation that may mark the future of both teams this season tie.

They are two of the fittest teams from Europe, the scorers and many points of connection with each other , in the field and also in the box.At the club everyone knows what team is playing . The big moment arrives and makes a good club. Ghosts away after accumulated against Athletic Club doubt the Levante or Valencia , the team of ' Tata ' appears to be in the best time just as it begins to take shape the future of this season.

It has all the equipment to complete and just need to arrange the pieces on the board in front of a full of talent and eager to vindicate senior team in Europe , something that has not done so far.The dilemma is how to play Barca coach their teams. The fabulous fitness of Iniesta 's imbalance invite a schema change .

The best version of Barca this season has seen four midfielders , the reference in front of Messi and an asymmetric drawing from the side , with Pedro or Alexis. That's the only question that could have Martino .A back four and a scheme next to the classic 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 . Busquets is the closest to the central point and Cesc playing closer to Messi. Xavi , who will return after recovering from an overload in the soleus , and Iniesta will be the architects of the Barca football.

Messi is undisputed and lack closing eleven with the presence of Pedro or Alexis. Either provide pressure on the first line and subsequent imbalance. Both are in a good scorer and decision time is Martino .

The City had two games without a goal , against lowly Norwich ( 0-0 ) and against Chelsea , who took the three points of Manchester two weeks ( 0-1 ) ago.

The win against Mourinho on Saturday gave confidence to City , who had finished a meeting with the score to zero since September and in the previous seven games to defeat the " blues " had 29 goals .

The match against Barcelona is a litmus test for Pellegrini , who replaced Italian Roberto Mancini on the bench this summer with the slogan to guide the team to the latter stages of the Champions League after two consecutive seasons in which the City fell in the group stage .