FC Barcelona vs Inter Milan Preview 24/11/2009 Champions League - Group F

The doctors will do the selection of his team. As we are writing this, the new and contradictory information arrive about Messi and Ibrahimovic and their injuries

FC Barcelona vs Inter Milan Preview 24/11/2009 Champions League - Group F

Derby of group F. Probably neither of the teams even supposed that this match might be so important, as Rubin and Dynamo simply didn’t seem as the teams capable of fighting for a place in the knockout stage. However the difference is not so big so in the last two rounds each team has a plan and hope for a place among the last sixteen. Inter are in a better situation as even if they lose they will have the match point against Rubin at home, while Barca travel to Ukraine in the last round. Certainly the Catalans wish to repeat the play from Meazza when they blew Mourinho’s team away, but with a slightly different outcome, as they will need to score at least one goal. The defeat by Rubin at Camp Nou complicated their situation and this match comes at the worst time possible, just before El Classico.

Guardiola still hasn’t decided on the line-up

The doctors will do the selection of his team. As we are writing this, the new and contradictory information arrive about Messi and Ibrahimovic and their injuries. There are a lot of speculations but it seems that the Swede is closer to playing against his club. Barca lost the top position in Primera after drawing in Bilbao; they failed to win few away games and now they are behind Real’s back. That is why they must win on Tuesday and this weekend. They can’t afford any failures, which is why the strongest squad will go out on the pitch and these two games might turn out to be the most important this season. If Inter win points at Camp Nou, Barca will drop out in case they lose in Ukraine. But the tradition says that the Catalans have never lost two matches in a row in Europe. They are certainly under bigger pressure, but the home ground is a big advantage, not to mention that even weakened Barcelona are a better team than Inter.

Inter ended the bleak away run

They have gone a year without winning in the Champions League and their away record was devastating. Inter were a step away from hell ride in Kyiv but in five minutes they overturned the deficit and took hold of their destiny. Mourinho said it was the victory of the mentality but we think that Dynamo were scared from winning in the second half. If they continue to play with such oscillations, Italians will concede three goals in the first half and easily lose at Camp Nou. Their coach still doesn’t know if he can count on Sneider who missed the match in Bologna this weekend. It didn’t stop the Italian champions from winning the match and keeping the five-point gap over Juventus. However, as much as they are dominant in domestic championship, it is not enough for Europe, which was obvious in the first leg when they packed their defense at home. Perhaps Inter fans will disagree but their team, like all the rest of Italian teams, is far from having any impact in Europe. The matches against United last season confirmed that.

Betting verdict

We think that Barcelona are a much better team and regardless of some predictions and optimism of Inter players, they have nothing to hope for at Camp Nou. If Barca field the strongest squad at their grand stadium, the hosts will easily find their way through the midfield, Inter’s weakest point. They simply don’t have enough creative players and it is insane to expect them to defend flawlessly for 90 whole minutes. In the first leg they managed to keep a clean sheet but only because European champions made a lot of mistakes.



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