Uefa Champions League - 2017/18 Season Match Press Kits
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Camp Nou - Barcelona Tuesday 5 December 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) FC Barcelona Sporting Clube de Group D - Matchday 6 Portugal Last updated 04/12/2017 04:22CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 5 1 FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube de Portugal Tuesday 5 December 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Match background Sporting Clube de Portugal face a tall order on matchday six: to have any chance of extending their UEFA Champions League season, they must win away to FC Barcelona, who have already wrapped up first place in Group D. • The Portuguese side must turn round the 1-0 home defeat they suffered against the Blaugrana on matchday two, but even that might not be enough; trailing second-placed Juventus by a point, Sporting CP need the Italian team to fail to win away to Olympiacos FC, who will finish bottom. Previous meetings • When these clubs met in the 2008/09 group stage, Barcelona – who went on to finish first in the section, with Sporting CP second, and ended the season by lifting the trophy – won 3-1 at the Camp Nou thanks to goals from Rafael Márquez, a Samuel Eto'o penalty and Xavi Hernández; Tonel replied for the visitors. • The line-ups in Spain on 16 September 2008 were: Barcelona: Valdés, Alves, Puyol (Sylvinho 89), Piqué, Márquez, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Eto'o (Touré 66), Henry (Pedro 75). Sporting CP: Rui Patrício, Anderson Polga, Caneira (Pereirinha 79), Abel, Romagnoli (Miguel Veloso 66), Rochemback, Moutinho, Tonel, Izmailov, Derlei, Yannick Djaló (Postiga 62).
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