Mesut Özil instills before the duel of the football magician Lionel Messi also the Champions League winner FC Barcelona a healthy respect. “Ozil is the key, you realize more and more that it’s all about him,” judged Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano about the director of the first knockout round opponents FC Arsenal.
The hopes of the London to rest in the first leg on Tuesday (20:45 / Live on Sky and the Champions League Scores in FAZ.NET) especially on the narrow shoulders of the world champion, who was previously in excellent form. Despite the home advantage and the Premier League template King Özil but the Gunners are underdogs against the defending champion. The Catalans are unbeaten since 32 official matches.
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As once Barça applies under Pep Guardiola also again this year as ultimate in club football. Even Özil, once in services of Real Madrid, does not hide the fact that Barcelona is a dream club for him. Allegedly coach Luis Enrique would love to have the former Bundesliga player from the summer in his ranks. An offensive quartet with Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez would probably a frightening scoring machine with title guarantee equal.
According matching media reports of FC Barcelona in 2010 courted Özil. But a transfer failed allegedly vetoed by the then coach Guardiola. The director then moved for approximately € 18 million from Werder Bremen to Barcelona’s arch-rivals Madrid.
In the World Cup final 2014, Ozil and Germany set up Messi’s Argentina by.
In the service of the Royal the offensive player showed his strengths from 2010 to 2013 as a passer in the Primera Division. After Arsenal paid 50 million euros, he matured in the Gunners to guide players. “He is the best player in the Premier League,” praised coach Arsène Wenger called the “Wizard of Oz” as defined by the “Daily Mail” already.
No professional in the top European leagues prepared so many Results before as the former Bundesliga player. 17 times he put on a gate in the English Premier League for his teammates. There is little doubt that he is the league record of Thierry Henry (20) soon crack. There are also four goals in the league and two successful experiences in the Champions League, including the 2: 0 win in the group stage on Bayern Munich. “He has become a complete player,” said Wenger.
Özil shines at Arsenal, especially as a template donors.
But a strong Ozil will not be enough on Tuesday against the team of the German National goalkeeper Marc-André ter Steegen. Without the easy colds midfielder Arsenal struggled on Saturday to a 0: 0 in the FA Cup against second-division club Hull. “We have a very important game in front of the chest. It is up to us what show for a performance, “said Per Mertesacker.
Especially on the defender will have a lot of work. But the trio Messi-Neymar Suarez scored this season in all competitive games together more than 90 goals. “We can stop them,” said center-back Laurent Koscielny colleague. “If we are deep, defend well together, we are able to achieve a good result.”
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Arsenal hopes for Ozil rest in Barcelona on Messi. The Argentine added his unique career recently added another impressive number. In La Liga, he scored his goals 300 and 301, which has since its founding in 1929 League still managed no player. The five-time World Footballer protrudes from the luxury offensive with Neymar and Suarez still out.
For the fourth time the two clubs meet in the all-in-phase. 2006 decided the Barcelona Final in Paris itself. In April 2010 Barça prevailed in the quarterfinals, in November 2011 in the second round. In addition, there was the duel 1999/2000 in the group stage – with the current coach Luis Enrique as a player. He met at 1: 1 at the Camp Nou and the 4: 2 victory in London
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