Barcelona v Chelsea
I think Hiddink has played mind games suggesting Bosingwa can stop Messi.
Messi is no doubt Barcelona's main threat to Chelsea and just like what Chelsea did to Liverpool in man marking Gerrard with Essien, I think Hiddink will do the same with Messi and have Essien mark him!
Interesting stat time!!!
In 3 encounters between English & Spanish teams in Champions League Semi Finals the 1st legs have only yielded 1 goal in the 3 encounters!!!
English Teams v Spanish Opposition in the Champions League Semi Finals since Tournament inception:
2000/2001
Leeds played Valencia drawing the 1st leg 0 v 0 at Elland Road and losing the 2nd leg in Spain 3 v 0.
2005/2006
Arsenal played Villareal winning the 1st leg at The Emirates 1 v 0 and drawing the 2nd leg in Spain 0 v 0.
2007/2008
Man Utd played Barcelona drawing the 1st leg in Spain 0 v 0 and winning the 2nd leg at OT 1 V 0.
Predictions:
Draw @3.50 Paddypower
No Goalscorer @11.00 Paddypower (Note this gives us 0 v 0 scoreline and also if the 1st goal scored is an own goal - 2 bets for the price of 1!)
Under 2 Goals @3.75 William Hill