CL Line-up

Hello all,

Unless Pep decides to pull a Mourinho-style fast one about Iniesta's availability, the line-up will probably look like this:

F:  Pedro, Villa, and Messi
M: Afellay, Xavi, Busquets
D:  Puyol, Pique, Mascherano, Alves

Reserves:  Keita, Milito, Fontas, Thiago, and Afellay (if Iniesta actually plays).

Pep could also play a 4-4-2 formation to counter a defense-orientated midfield (see below) with this line-up:

F:   Villa and Pedro
M:  Afellay, Messi, Xavi, Busquets
D:   Puyol, Pique, Mascherano, Alves

Big Mouth's line-up should look be what I dub (unless someone else has already beaten me to it) the "Christmas tree" formation: 4-2-1-2-1.  Without Carvalho and Khideira, the line-up is:

F:                         Adebayor
W:           Di Maria                Ozil
AM:                       Alonso
DM:         Pepe                     Diarra
D:        Marcelo Albiol  Ramos Arbeloa



It will be a difficult game, visca Barcelona!