Soccercorner.org - Barcelona will begin their bid to become the world's best club, with face Guangzhou Evergrande at the Club World Cup semi-finals in 2015 (17/12).
Blaugrana came to Japan with the status of European champions, after they successfully beat Juventus in the Champions League final last season, as well as completing the treble winners in the inaugural season along with Luis Enrique.
Meanwhile, Guangzhou Evergrande care Luiz Felipe Scolari is the AFC Champions League and they are entitled to challenge Barcelona in the last four, after previous success rid vice South America, Club America.
Although on paper Barcelona is much more favored in this match, the team from China clearly should not be underestimated. They recorded unbeaten in 28 competitive matches in a row and are boosted by the leading players of Samba country, such as Robinho and Paulinho.
In addition, the Bamboo Curtain country club could take advantage of the conditions of Barcelona, which is still to be lost Neymar, after the player suffered an injury ahead of the duel against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League last week.
Plus, the stronghold of Luis Enrique recorded already failed to record a victory in their last three games, including a tense 2-2 draw against Deportivo La Coruna last weekend. Not only that, Lionel Messi et al also have to adjust to the atmosphere around and overcome jet-lag, considering the journey from Spain to Japan takes quite a long time.
In addition to Neymar, the Blaugrana are still not able to play Douglas Pereira and Rafinha still be absent long before recovering from injury. While the pinnacle of Guangzhou, there was no significant injury that will affect their strength.
Line-up Prediction :
Guangzhou: Shuai, Xiaoting, Young-Gwon, Linpeng, Zhi, Bowen, Zheng, Paulinho, Robinho, Elkeson, Goulart.
Barcelona
28/11/15 Barcelona 4 - 0 Real Sociedad
03/12/15 Barcelona 6 - 1 Villanovense
06/12/15 Valencia 1 - 1 Barcelona
10/12/15 Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 1 Barcelona
12/12/15 Barcelona 2 - 2 Deportivo La Coruna
Guangzhou Evergrande
25/10/15 Guangzhou Evergrande 2 - 2 Shandong Luneng
31/10/15 Beijing Guoan 0 - 2 Guangzhou Evergrande
07/11/15 Al Ahli 0 - 0 Guangzhou Evergrande
21/11/15 Guangzhou Evergrande 1 - 0 Al Ahli
13/12/15 Club America 1 - 2 Guangzhou Evergrande
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