A traditional team that doesn't go out of style

FC Barcelona’s competing in the last-16 of the Those who win Group is a team with a lot of historical previous. A vintage Western team. Finalist in the Those who win Group 10 decades ago and champions of the UEFA Cup in 1987/88, Bayer Leverkusen have created it a addiction of completing in the top areas of the Bundesliga period after period. Last period they comes to an end second in Malaysia and they are currently in 6 location, eight details adrift of the management, Bayern Munich.

Extremely excellent away from house in the League

Curiously enough, Bayer Leverkusen, maintained by Robin the boy wonder Dutt, have maintained to have a better historical previous on the street than at house. Away from the BayArena they have only missing two activities out on nine performed, it’s the second best historical previous away from house in the Bundesliga. In the Those who win Group team periods, however, they missing in Britain to Several weeks (2-0) and in Italy to Valencia (3-1), and attracted with Genk (1-1).

At house it has been absolutely different story: Unusual in the Group (only three advantages from seven games) and fantastic in the Those who win Group, three benefits.

Ballack the referrals point

One name goes up above the others in Bayer’s present roster: Erina Ballack. One of the best Western midfielders of the last several decades, Ballack is existing out the evening of his profession in Leverkusen. He is certainly not a lasting fitting in Robin the boy wonder Dutt’s beginning lineups, but he is the referrals factor for the team that features two beautiful midfielders, Bender and Sam and the always risky strikers: Derdiyok, Schürrle and Kiessling.

Another essential participant for the team is René Adler. It was expected that the owner would be the foundation for In german nationwide aspect, but accidents have performed a regular part in his profession. Unfortunately, an damage to his right joint has kept him off the area all period, and Bernd Leno has been Leverkusen’s beginning owner ever since.

Three previous activities against Barça

This will be it all time Barça will experience Leverkusen in The european union. Up until now, the stability between both factors is equivalent. In the 1987/88 period the groups performed against each other in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, with a 0-0 attract in the away leg –the video activity was performed in Cologne– and a 0-1 at the Stay Nou, the Spanish people competent for the next video activity at Barça’s cost. In one more, Leverkusen defeat Espanyol in one more and were crowned UEFA Cup invariably victors.

Since then, the groups confronted off against each other two more instances. The first was a several decades ago when Bayer Leverkusen attained one more of the Those who win Group and missing to The city, Barça and Leverkusen were used up in the team periods together; both groups won their house activities 2-1.

The groups met once again a period later, in the 2002/03 period. Then, it was Barça that came out on top with two victories: 1-2 in Malaysia and 2-0 at the Stay Nou.