Champions League Semi-Final: Barcelona vs Chelsea 1st Leg LiveBlog

You know a game is big when it gets four previews on The Offside.

On Barça Offside, Kevin gives us a nice run down of the key player match-ups and also singles out “our very own translucent gem of a midfielder, Andres Iniesta.”

Jack agrees on Chelsea Offside, arguing that stopping Iniesta and Xavi is more important than worrying about Messi (who may be unstoppable anyway.) And he’s backing Chelsea’s aerial prowess (read: Drogba) to cause trouble for Barça’s back four.

On Champions League Offside, Sam highlights the backwards footed match up between a left footed Leo Messi playing wide right for Barça and the right footed Bosingwa likely marking him at left back.

Finally, Chris summed up the whole thing here on the front page as Barça vs Guus: An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object. If you’ve got predictions, leave them in the comments on that post.

But enough with the previews, it’s nearly gametime…

We’ve got a CiL LiveBlog from Sam and Rob of Champion League Offside.

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