{"id":466037,"date":"2018-02-20T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/live-updates-chelsea-vs-barcelona-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:00:28","slug":"live-updates-chelsea-vs-barcelona-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/live-updates-chelsea-vs-barcelona-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE UPDATES: Chelsea vs Barcelona (Champions League)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/88041823.295.jpg\" alt=\"CHELVSBARC\" title=\"CHELVSBARC\" width=\"295\" height=\"155\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chelsea host Barcelona in the Champions League Round of 16<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519156828_63_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">When the round 16 draw of the 2017\/2018 UEFA Champions League was made, one game that football lovers looked forward to is the match between Chelsea and Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Today is the day, the day every soccer fan has been anticipating. Tonight we are going to see inform Barcelona take on struggling Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Can Messi break his goal scoring jinx against the one-time champions or Eden Hazard will lead his side to a famous victory over the Catalans?<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea boss, Antonio Conte has hinted of a masterplan to deal with five-time world best player Lionel Messi and his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have to play this type of game, you have to prepare. You have to prepare for everything. You have to prepare big things, but the smaller details too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can move a result a lot of the time. We have an idea. We have a plan in our heads. I think that, in this specific moment, it&#8217;s very important to pick the players who are at the top of their form and then try and do our best to win the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His counterpart, Ernesto Valverde had this to say ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, previous games do count,\u201d Valverde said. \u201cYou have to look at them, though they have little to do with what will happen in reality. The key players change from time to time \u2013 Messi and Iniesta are still there, obviously. There\u2019s a bit of rivalry between the teams, which is a good thing. It makes it more of a spectacle, more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>We remember Ronadinho\u2019s \u201cdancing goal\u201d in 2005 and Michael Essien\u2019s left-footed drive in 2009. So what memory will tonight\u2019s game leave us with?<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe game starts at 19:45.<\/p>\n<p><b>Follow the live updates here<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-20 Chelsea host Barcelona in the Champions League Round of 16 When the round 16 draw of the 2017\/2018 UEFA Champions League was made, one game that football lovers looked forward to is the match between Chelsea and Barcelona. 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