An impressive defensive showing by last season’s runners-up resulted in a goalless Champions League draw at Camp Nou, with Barca left wanting…

The big news from Camp Nou was that Barcelona skipper Carles Puyol started on the bench, with Marquez at centre-back and Eric Abidal on the left. Visitors Chelsea, meanwhile, brought Alex back into their rearguard, with Didier Drogba ploughing a lone furrow up front. As expected, Jose Bosingwa was switched to the left with a view to thwarting Lionel Messi.

First Half

The Catalans couldn’t profit from the local factor and drew 0-0 against Chelsea in first-leg, semifinals game at the Champions League; they will meet again at Stamford Bridge.

Barcelona and Chelsea just drew scoreless in the first-leg game at the Champions League semifinals held at Camp Nou; still, the Catalans deserved something more as the “Blues” took a defensive attitude throughout the match.

As usual, the locals looked for the victory from scratch, and they almost opened the score with a play from Eto’o; however, all the players were unaccurate in every goal chance they had.

Barcelona and Chelsea are on a very similar mission and the success of their current campaign could be determined by the end of the 90 minutes in Catalunya.

Moment Of Truth

This is it. After all the talk over the past few months of Barcelona’s history-making grand treble voyage, the final frontier is just on the horizon and they will face their first serious obstacle this Tuesday.

The Portuguese defender suffered a muscle injury, was omitted for Chelsea’s next game against Barcelona at the Champions League.

Chelsea defender won’t take the plane to Spain to attend next week’s first-leg semifinal game against Barcelona at the Champions League.

Manager Guus Hiddink will miss such an important player ahead of the clash at Camp Nou after he suffered a relapse in a muscle injury in his leg.

Carvalho was one of the starters in last Wednesday game against Everton at the English Premier League, and they drew scoreless. So, Hiddink admitted the “Blues” chances to clinch the Premier League title this season almost fade away.

The Barcelona striker affirmed he wants to retire at Camp Nou and points out that at Chelsea, their next Champions League opponent, he admires Englishman Frank Lampard.

Barcelona striker Leo Messi has stated in an interview for a British Sunday supplement that he would like to retire at Camp Nou and as for Chelsea’s players, the one he admires most is Englishman Frank Lampard.

In a statement for “News of the World”, Barcelona top scorer highlights, once again, his passion for the Spanish club and claims he finds it boring to be asked about a potential change to the Premier League.

Barcelona play host to Chelsea in first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final on Tuesday, and at the weekend they visit Real Madrid, their challengers at the Spanish La Liga.

Barcelona face a week that could be decisive for two of the three tournaments they are contesting: Champions League and Spanish La Liga, leaving the Copa del Rey for the next week. Jope Guardiola’s men want to forget soon about their draw with Valencia and smile again on the field.

The Catalans will visit Valencia at Mestalla with the aim of grabbing another win and get closer to the Spanish La Liga title; they are still the sole leaders.

Both Barcelona and Valencia are aware of how important this game is for their goals; while the Catalans are chasing the local title, the hosts are fighting for a spot in next UEFA Champions League; so far, they rank third at La Liga standings after clinching five straight triumphs.