The final two places in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals will be determined today when Barcelona faces Stuttgart (3:30pm, Fox Soccer Channel) and Bordeaux takes on Olympiakos (3:30pm, Fox Soccer Plus).
Barcelona tied Stuttgart, 1-1, in the first leg in Germany and will look to continue its strong home form, while Bordeaux goes into its home leg having won the first leg in Greece, 1-0.
If you will be watching today's action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. I will be offering some comments on the match via Twitter so be sure to check out the SBI Twitter Feed for the latest on today's action (and if you haven't already subscribed to the SBI Twitter feed, what are you waiting for?).
Enjoy the action.
Besides Messi, what was impressive for me was that Cacau, one of the hottest scorers in the Bundesliga, was completely wasted by minute 35. Barca didn’t put any extra defense on him. They just let him futilely chase the ball until he completely disappeared. The speed of the ball and the Barca players just wore him out.
I guess it came down to ‘there is only enough room on this team for one of us.’
Not sure who I like better though.
Gotcha. I wonder how he (or Ibra) would have faired on the wing if he stayed and Barca still got Zlatan? That”s a fantasy move for sure
Yarg, I misspoke. I meant that he has missed out on another year of them being the best team in history. I know he scored in the CL finals last year, lol
You know, if she wasn’t dead (wonder if she saw that one coming), her psychic friends network wasn’t a shameful blight on history and I happened to be a conniving fraud, I just might take you up on that…
I will admit though, the Lehmann thing was WAAAAY too easy. 🙂
Huh? Eto’o was there for all of that last year.
messi is WPOY
You’d have to make the argument that with what they were able to achieve that they are hands down the best in history. No team has produced the number and quality of trophies as they did last year.
I sometimes think of Eto’o and how he completely missed out on the best team in the history of the game. Bummer for him.
Freddy Adu? *ducks thrown objects*
the linesman has no idea what he’s doing
the offsides calls are not at all right
anyone want to put the 08-09 barca team in context with the best you’ve seen?
I think that in the past 3 days, Messi has simply run away with the WPOY award.
5 goals in 2 games, hat trick against Valencia.
sidenote: i think this i the best FSC feed i’ve seen yet. pretty crisp and clear for pseudo-HD
I suppose it’s only appropriate that Stuttgart are losing with a player whose name is pronounced “trash” in their starting lineup….
my bad, didn’t make the connection at first.
Just saying, I like the blue better
Give Toure credit for a smart run.
it’s st. patrick’s day
get off it, why even make that comment
You should be part of the Dionne Warwick’s Psychic Hotline… 🙂
Got this off of duNord: “”We have a clear frame of 16-17 players, and behind it there are many who fight for a place. Alejandro is in there. We will have a camp at home in May. There are around 30 players present, then the second phase of the camp to remain in South Africa when the squad will be reduced to the 23 players…” – Bob Bradley
And only 42 mins in… Lol.
this referee had better get his act together before a barca player is injured seriously
Echhh…not digging the green
Nice, Ives went green!
Final score: I’d say Barca 4-Stuggart 0
Wow pretty much over 20 minutes in. Stuttgart needs 2 to go on. So far haven’t seen the German side putting things together.
Or have they been watching just Messi? 🙂
Messi with loads of time splits the defense with an inch perfect pass. Has Stuttgart been watching Barca games?
LOL! Yeah what were they thinking…
Stuttgart inexplicably tries to contain Messi with just four defenders.
Damn Messi is sick…that was nasty. Would LOVE to have one of those on the US team. Hahahahahahaha!
Lionel Messi. Best. In. The. World.
Oh my dear sweet lord. Messi.
I can SO totally see Lehmann getting a yellow today. Lol.
sorry ives, just taht i don’t get why people do it.. so annoying =/
45th