Barca vs. Shalke 04 - Round 1 - Fight!

Ok , lets be honest. The season so far is not what we all expected. After going out of the cup and underperforming in the league Barca's best chances of succes this season are in Europe's Champions Cup. The best part is that after the speculations of Rijkaard's firing we the fans must be prepared for one great show. I personally hope that Barcelona will perform as we were used to watch them in 2006 CL games and will end with a good win at the end.

Gabriel Milito and Rafa Marqes are back and ready to improve Barcelona's defensive line. Their help will be needed because the strong German players are always playing physical football. The game plan for the two teams is absolutely different.

FC Barcelona will strive to maintain possesion with lots of passes and strenght in the middle of the pitch .On the other side what we should expect from Schalke is plenty of balls in the air , physical superiority and endless stamina.

Lets hope for the best and wish all the best to our "orange" players in the tonight's game.