Manchester City have to overturn a two-goal deficit against Barcelona at Camp Nou on Wednesday, it's a nearly impossible task but now might be the best time to achieve that given Barca's poor form of late. City were beaten 2-0 in the first leg after Martin Demichelis was sent off in the second half. Barcelona have reached the semi finals of the competitions in the last six seasons, winning the coveted trophy in 2009 and 2011.
But the mighty Barcelona are struggling at the moment as they were surprisingly beaten by Real Valladolid in the Primera Liga last weekend. The result left Barcelona four points behind leaders Real Madrid. President Josep Maria Bartomeu defended his players on his official Twitter account, stating: "We believe in them until the very end." And then he added: "It's normal for there to be some criticism, but the board, the members and the fans need to have confidence in these players. And even more so now that we're in the final stretch of the season."
Since losing to Barcelona City managed to clinch the first trophy of the season, beating Sunderland to lift the Capital One Cup, but last weekend they suffered a shock FA Cup defeat at the hands of Wigan. "It's difficult - of course it's difficult," City boss Manuel Pellegrini said. "However, I have no doubt that we are going to go to Barcelona thinking that we can do it and thinking we can beat them in Camp Nou and we try to have our revenge there. Barcelona is a very good team with great players but I won with Villarreal in Camp Nou, I draw also with Malaga. If we can score a goal early then Barcelona may be a little bit more nervous. We go with a lot of trust to try to do it and if we are having a good day I am absolutely sure that we can do it."
Here are the odds for Wednesday's big match at Bet365:
Barcelona win - 11/20
Draw - 15/4
Manchester City win - 5/1
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