The stage is set, the world is waiting; another chapter of one of football’s modern classics will be played this evening as the reigning, defending European and World champions, FC Barcelona visit Premier League contenders, Arsenal FC to restart their UEFA Champions League campaign under the floodlights at the Emirates Stadium in London.
The tie will be the fifth such occasion that the two sides have clashed in the competition, and as always, each side will have the burden of high expectations to live up to.
Barcelona and Arsenal is like few others. It promises goals, artistry and above all else, entertainment. The expectation from the neutrals at least is that this will be less a match, and more a celebration of the sanctity of football – the output being a 90 minute exhibition of technical mastery that can be lauded and taught to footballers of the future.
After all, as two of the biggest proponents of the beautiful game in its purest format, a match between
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