An Open Letter from Kim Jong Un

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdkFMU8x08m8b1Zy04XYuib4AVOeAjeWD2SasflCjRcbqlzF315ZosoInyZ4YwbX2-Hs8LUVmvZ9c1fQw40OsflwE1SQsiUS30Ln3qp_NJH25Zgbd4hzQ7Ytbavc31PFkOLiJq7rBhGs/s1600/kim-jong-un+laughing+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdkFMU8x08m8b1Zy04XYuib4AVOeAjeWD2SasflCjRcbqlzF315ZosoInyZ4YwbX2-Hs8LUVmvZ9c1fQw40OsflwE1SQsiUS30Ln3qp_NJH25Zgbd4hzQ7Ytbavc31PFkOLiJq7rBhGs/s400/kim-jong-un+laughing+2.jpg" width="400" /></a>Gweetings, Salrutations, and Annyeonghaseyo my fwiends…<br /><br />North Korwean Pwesident Kim Jong Un here for I’m Wiff Stupid.<br /><br />You are pwobably saying to yourselfishnesses wight now…<br /><br /><i>“Rut in the Hell is Kim Jong Un doing witing a post for IWS wif the thweat of Nucreear War rooming over Korwean Penisura?”</i><br /><br />Rell, arouse me to tell you…<br /><br />I do not willie runt nuclear war, but I must impwess upon my Generwals that I am in contwol.  Howrever, I rill continue my shenanigans until I weceive wespect and food aid wich I…er…I mean, our rong sufferwing people cwave.<br /><br />You think I do this for myself?  Oh no, no, no, no.<br /><br />I do this for People of Fwee and Democwatic Wepublic of North Korwea!!  Sahhhhhrute!!<br /><br />Yu have to wemember, that I am but one score and two times five year old, and am merewee deveroping my butterfry rings, much rike a cwissariss inside of boilring kimchi pot, so people, even my own people whom I ruv rong time, hate me and rook at me wif waised eyebwow and sranted eye.  Ha-ho.<br /><br />Things not good here for poor Kim Jong Un.  Korwean people ruvved my grandfather, and they ruvved my father, but me?  Not so much.<br /><br />They rish they had a stellrar and sexy leader rike you Bawack Obama.  And rell…they rould occasionally rike to eat a meal consisting of something other than bedbugs and their own self-roathing.<br /><br />I twy to bwighten their spirits by bwinging basketball gweat Dennis Wodman here, but all we got out of his twip ruz four pwegnant Korwean chicks who rill all name their babies, Carmen.<br /><br />Since my assault on the front of goodrill failed, to gain us aid and serwious grobal headrines, I have had to wesult to nucreear thweats and hegemony.<br /><br />Ree have nucreear reapons.  Don’t say ree don’t.  Ree have many…Okay ree have one, but hear me now and risten to me rater…<br /><br />Ree are going to right that prutonium candle and see rut happens!!<br /><br />It may detonate all over ourself, but as Jesus Chwist as my ritness, ree are gonna raunch it and see rut the Hell happens.<br /><br />Unress, of course…Yu in the West meet my demands.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Nr4ZxE4fKmD8R35XE9QpOXYaJQOlvLwhKhPuwx7OupR0BWrguNNwAlu5Hdz93n4I974I_m8lqYbL98LEC77Ws7eaoySSzyZGyBoMn8sqyZieKBmtYPMWN_7OtoMZou0OKXXFXmwF3Qc/s1600/Miley+Cyrus+Hot+Naked+Sexy+Legs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Nr4ZxE4fKmD8R35XE9QpOXYaJQOlvLwhKhPuwx7OupR0BWrguNNwAlu5Hdz93n4I974I_m8lqYbL98LEC77Ws7eaoySSzyZGyBoMn8sqyZieKBmtYPMWN_7OtoMZou0OKXXFXmwF3Qc/s400/Miley+Cyrus+Hot+Naked+Sexy+Legs.jpg" width="193" /></a><br />I rould rike an unlimited and rifetime suppry of Pizza Hut pizza. Pepprwoni Ruvver, preferwably.<br /><br />Two…I rould rike an NBA basketball team to rocate in Pyongyang, and finalree…<br /><br />I so desire one Amerwican hottie…Mirey Cywus.<br /><br />Duh bitch is HAWT!!<br /><br />Oh sure I used to ruv my rife but rate-ree all she do is nag about how small my GDP is, and that I don’t ask her how the tortures are going. Who needs that?<br /><br />Not This Guy!!<br /><br />If you bwing me the head and body of Mirey Cywus, I rill forwever be your al-rye and make nice riff evweeone.<br /><br /><i>So ret it be witten…so ret it be done.</i><br /><br /><i>Kim Jong Un</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a></div>

An Open Letter from Kim Jong Un

Gweetings, Salrutations, and Annyeonghaseyo my fwiends… North Korwean Pwesident Kim Jong Un here for I’m Wiff Stupid. You are pwobably sayin...

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Rehtaeh Parsons Suicide: Justice Minister Revisiting Alleged Rape Case

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><iframe height="221" id="kaltura_player_1365647720" src="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_r9w9gfpg/uiconf_id/3775332/st_cache/5680?referer=http://abcnews.go.com/International/video/canadian-teen-hangs-alleged-gang-rape-18926952&autoPlay=false&addThis.playerSize=392x221&freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&closedCaptionActive=true&" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;" width="392">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.</iframe> <br /><div style="font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><br /><div id="date_partner" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; height: 32px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 150px; min-height: 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 490px;"></div><div class="byline_date" style="float: left; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 490px;"><div class="byline_date_inner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 485px;"><div class="byline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/author/kevin_dolak" rel="author" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">KEVIN DOLAK</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/kdolak" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@kdolak</a>)</div><div class="date" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px;">April 10, 2013</div></div></div><br /><div id="sponsoredByAd" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; left: 430px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 405px;"><span id="sponsoredbylogo1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span id="_fw_container_sponsoredbylogo1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">A Canadian minister of justice is seeking answers in the investigation into the alleged rape by four teenagers of Nova Scotian teen Rehtaeh Parsons, who hanged herself last week after what her mother says was months of bullying.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Rehtaeh Parsons, 17, was taken off life-support Sunday on her mother authorization after she hanged herself at home in Cole Harbour last week. Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry said Tuesday that he hopes to meet with Parsons' mother, Leah, to "discuss her experience with the justice system." Landry has been reviewing details of the case and consulting with officials, according to a statement.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"I know that law enforcement and the public prosecution service do their best, every day, to administer and enforce the law," Landry said. "I am committed to exploring the mechanisms that exist to review the actions of all relevant authorities to ensure the system is always working to the best of its ability, in pursuit of justice."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">In a lengthy post on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Angel-Rehtaeh/352644484835299" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook tribute page</a> to her daughter, Leah Parsons outlined what she says led to her daughter's suicide. In November 2011, Parsons said, Rehtaeh went with a friend to another's home, where she was raped by four teenage boys.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"One of those boys took a photo of her being raped and decided it would be fun to distribute the photo to everyone in Rehtaeh's school and community, where it quickly went viral," Parsons wrote. "Because the boys already had a 'slut' story, the victim of the rape Rehtaeh was considered a SLUT."</div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_image_feature" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_thumb" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="lpos=widget[Left_Rail_Image]&lid=view[Image]" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="PHOTO: Rehtaeh Parsons, a 15-year-old girl from Nova Scotia, Canada, died April 7, 2013 following a suicide attempt that was the result of being bullied after an alleged sexual assault." border="0" height="112" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/ht_rehtaeh_parsons_kb_130410_wg.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.5px; padding: 0px;" title="" width="199" /><span class="image_icon" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/icons/image_icon_35x35.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 35px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 5px; top: 73px; width: 35px;"></span></a></div><div class="rel_headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="photo_credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;">Facebook</div><div class="photo_caption" style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Rehtaeh Parsons, a 15-year-old girl from Nova... <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="lpos=widget[Left_Rail_Image]&lid=view[Image]" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">View Full Size</a></div></div></div></div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_1" style="background-color: white; 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color: #333333; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_thumb" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="lpos=widget[Left_Rail_Video_3]&lid=view[Video]" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/wabc_teen_suicide_120104_wa.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="200" /><span class="image_icon" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/icons/play_icon_35x35.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 35px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 5px; top: 73px; width: 35px;"></span></a></div><div class="rel_headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Bullying Suspected in N.Y. Teen's Suicide <a class="open" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Watch Video</a></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Parsons wrote that her daughter's life soon became "so bad she had to move out of her own community to try to start anew in Halifax," and she began to "struggle emotionally with depression and anger."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Rehtaeh was hospitalized for six weeks when her thoughts turned toward suicide. Eventually, a few friends began to support her, and she returned home.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Police investigating the case said that they concluded that it came down to a "he said, she said" situation, Parsons wrote. She said that she was told by investigators that they believed the boys raped Rehtaeh, but "the proof in a court of law was difficult to gather."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">On April 4, after a period during which Rehtaeh had become tranquil and even made plans for the upcoming weekend, according to Parsons, Rehtaeh had an outburst, and locked herself in the bathroom. By the time Parsons was able to enter, she wrote, it was too late. Rehtaeh was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support, from which she was removed Sunday night.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Calls placed by ABCNews.com to Leah Parsons were not immediately returned.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Cpl. Scott MacRae, spokesman for Halifax Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told ABCNews.com that the investigation into the alleged rape started in November 2011 and lasted almost a year.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"At the end of the completed of investigation, police, along with the crown attorney, concluded there was insufficient evidence to proceed with charges," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">MacRae said that during the course of the investigation, the photograph in question was analyzed to see if it met the criteria for child porn, or showed signs of any criminal nature. MacRae emphasized that the alleged photo of Rehtaeh being raped is only one piece of a potential case against the alleged rapists. He said that he is unable to confirm any of the details of Parsons' account of the alleged rape.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">MacRae said that police are aware of Minister Landry's comments about reviewing details of the case, and said that any time police activity is called into question his department will look into it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">MacRae said that he is concerned that social media will perpetuate misinformation with this particular case.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"There are things at play regarding the sensitivity about the family," he said. "The nature of the circumstances around this case is complex. What concerns us is the misinformation that we're going to see."</div></div></div>

Rehtaeh Parsons Rehtaeh Parsons Suicide: Justice Minister Revisiting Alleged Rape Case

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Champions League Quarterfinals: Matchday 4

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Paris Saint-Germain's Ezequiel Lavezzi vies with Barcelona's Gerard Pique on Wednesday." src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/11goal3/11goal3-blog480.jpg" /><br /><br /><div class="w480" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Paris Saint-Germain’s Ezequiel Lavezzi vies with Barcelona’s Gerard Pique on Wednesday.</span></div><div class="w75 left" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 12px; margin-top: 5px; overflow: hidden; width: 75px;"><img alt=" " height="75" id="100000002151052" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/02/sports/soccer/ucl2/ucl2-thumbStandard.jpg" width="75" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">When does four minus two equal four? Today.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The UEFA Champions League semifinals are set after Wednesday’s second two quarterfinal matches, with Barcelona joining its bitter rival Real Madrid and Bayern Munich taking its place alongside its Bundesliga neighbor Borussia Dortmund.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Barcelona advanced with a 1-1 tie against Paris St.-Germain, rallying behind a second-half substitute you’ve probably heard of: Lionel Messi. Left out of the starting lineup because of a hamstring injury and clearly playing at less than full speed, Messi used his mere presence to awaken the crowd and his team, which had fallen behind on Javier Pastore’s goal in the 50th minute. With a wary P.S.G. keeping a close eye on his every move, Messi dropped back and turned playmaker instead of scorer: he led David Villa into the area in the 71st minute, and Villa laid the ball off for Pedro to rocket in the tying goal.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Pedro’s goal pulled Barcelona even on aggregate, 3-3, but it meant the Catalans advanced on the away goals rule.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Bayern Munich posted its second straight 2-0 victory over the Italian champion Juventus, going ahead on Mario Mandzukic’s goal in the 64th minute and putting a bow on its win when the substitute Claudio Pizarro slotted home a shot in the first minute of second-half added time. Bayern, beaten on penalties in last year’s final in Munich, had scored in the first minute of the first leg and seemed destined to advance since then. It played cautiously but effectively, as it has throughout the competition — seemingly driven to atone for last year’s disappointment.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">So now it’s Spain vs. Germany. Or Germany vs. Germany and Spain vs. Spain. But who cares really? Regardless of how the teams are matched in Friday’s draw, one thing should be clear: the best four teams in Europe will decide who is first among equals.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Continue reading to follow the games as they happened.<span id="more-75471"></span></div><div class="liveUpdatesModule" id="liveUpdatesModule" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="liveUpdatesTools opposingFloatControl wrap" style="border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 15px 12px 13px;"><div class="element1 liveUpdatesNav" style="float: left;"><div class="autoRefreshButton autoRefreshEnabled" id="autoRefreshButton" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.1667em; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Auto-Refresh: ON</div> <div class="autoRefreshToggle" id="autoRefreshToggle" style="color: #004276; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Turn OFF</div></div><div class="element2 liveUpdatesSubNav" style="float: right; position: relative; top: 3px;"><div class="refreshNowButton" id="refreshNowButton" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; color: #004276; cursor: pointer; float: left; font-size: 0.8334em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;">REFRESH NOW</div><div class="rss" style="border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; float: left; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/live-updates/" style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/icons/feeds/rss_icon_12x12.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666699; display: block; font-size: 1em; height: 12px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -2000px; width: 12px;" title="RSS Feed of these updates">Feed</a></div><div class="twitter" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/nytimesgoal" style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs_v3/nyt_universal/twitter_icon_blue_12x12.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666699; display: block; font-size: 1em; height: 12px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -2000px; width: 12px;" title="Twitter feed of these updates">Twitter</a></div></div></div><div class="liveUpdates" id="liveUpdates"><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="semifinalists-set-and-oh-the-possibilities" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#semifinalists-set-and-oh-the-possibilities" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">WRAP</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Semifinalists set, and Oh the possibilities ...</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The semifinals are April 23-24, with the return legs on April 30 and May 1. That gives Messi about two weeks to heal that hamstring. For the good of the game — well, that and our selfish pleasure — let’s hope he’s at full strength by then. It’s going to be quite a show.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Real Madrid. Barcelona. Bayern Munich. Borussia Dortmund.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The possibilities are great: a German semifinal and a Spanish one, with the winners squaring off in London? Or how about a Clasico of all Clasicos — Real vs. Barcelona at Wembley? Or is it destiny time for Dortmund, who on thrillingly on Tuesday, and Bayern, seeking revenge for last season’s loss in the final?</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">I can’t wait. Bet you can’t either.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="bayern-wins-2-0-again-4-0-aggregate" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#bayern-wins-2-0-again-4-0-aggregate" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">FT IN TURIN</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Bayern wins 2-0 again; 4-0 aggregate</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Members of Bayern Munich celebrated on Wednesday." height="320" id="100000002165221" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/11goal9/11goal9-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Giuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Members of Bayern Munich celebrated on Wednesday.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Bayern was clearly better in the first leg and, while not as good, a 2-0 winner again in the second. This one was never really in doubt.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="messi-makes-the-difference-barcelona-is-through" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#messi-makes-the-difference-barcelona-is-through" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">FT IN BARCELONA</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Messi makes the difference: Barcelona is through</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">The whistle goes and Barcelona is through to the quarterfinals with a 1-1 tie. Messi was clearly not at full strength, but just his mere presence seemed to change everything. And it was his pass that led to Pedro’s goal, the one that sends them through on away goals since the aggregate was tied, 3-3.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="goooall-pizarro-makes-it-2-0-for-bayern" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#goooall-pizarro-makes-it-2-0-for-bayern" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">90 + 1'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">GOOOALL! Pizarro makes it 2-0 for Bayern</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Another great through ball from Schweinsteiger, and Pizarro pokes it under Buffon. Easy. As. Pie.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://hub.video.msn.com/embed/ac4e1ba3-f380-4d6e-a915-d2784e1c8d16/?vars=Y29uZmlnQ3NpZD1NU05WaWRlbyZmcj1zaGFyZWVtYmVkLXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uJmxpbmtvdmVycmlkZTI9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRm1zbi5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGdmlkZW8lM0Z2aWRlb2lkJTNEJTdCMCU3RCZicmFuZD1mb3hzcG9ydHMmc3luZGljYXRpb249dGFnJmNvbmZpZ05hbWU9c3luZGljYXRpb25wbGF5ZXImbGlua2JhY2s9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGJm1rdD1lbi11cw%3D%3D" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">They’re just so good.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="yellow-for-beckham-probably-for-marketing-purposes" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#yellow-for-beckham-probably-for-marketing-purposes" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">90'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Yellow for Beckham; probably for marketing purposes</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Or just to get his name in another book.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="outrageous-stuff-from-iniesta" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#outrageous-stuff-from-iniesta" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">87'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Outrageous stuff from Iniesta</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">He just did a 270-degree turn in the box to get free but sent his shot into the side netting.</div><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="633" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="482"></iframe><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Barcelona’s possession and ability to draw fouls really show up in spots like this. Teams who need the ball back just can’t get it back from them in the final minutes of games.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">It should be noted, too, that Messi isn’t even asking for it now. He’s just sitting down in the center and playing traffic cop — signaling where to send the ball. Just not asking for it. Ever.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="yellow-for-thiago-silva-fouling-messi" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#yellow-for-thiago-silva-fouling-messi" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">86'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Yellow for Thiago Silva, fouling Messi</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">He too will miss the next match, whenever that is.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="villa-off-song-on" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#villa-off-song-on" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">84'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Villa off; Song on</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Defense for offense. Barcelona shutting it down now.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Hopefully.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="and-now-beckham-is-on-too" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#and-now-beckham-is-on-too" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">83'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">And now Beckham is on too</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Beckham, 37, replaces Verratti, 20, for the final 10 minutes or so. Now if P.S.G. can just win a free kick, then stop time and take us back to 1999, they’ll be in business.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="gamerio-for-lavezzi-watch-him-closely" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#gamerio-for-lavezzi-watch-him-closely" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">82'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Gamerio for Lavezzi; watch him closely</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">He’s been great every time I’ve seen him in the past month: instant danger.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="yellow-for-lavezzi-he-misses-next-match" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#yellow-for-lavezzi-he-misses-next-match" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">80'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Yellow for Lavezzi; he misses next match</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">He clips Jordi Alba, and now he’ll miss the next match. Which, for P.S.G., appears to be one in next year’s Champions League.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="did-messi-create-that-goal-just-by-coming-on" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#did-messi-create-that-goal-just-by-coming-on" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">78'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Did Messi create that goal just by coming on?</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Pedro was greeted by his Barcelona teammates after scoring the tying goal." height="320" id="100000002165161" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/soccer/11goal9/11goal9-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Jasper Juinen/Getty Images</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Pedro was greeted by his Barcelona teammates after scoring the tying goal.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">By that I mean, did P.S.G. shift its focus to him — the smart thing to do — in such a way that they left Villa and Pedro the space they needed to turn Messi’s pass into a goal? That would really be the true mark of the world’s best player, that even at three-quarters speed — and there is no usual burst in his stride today — he can alter a game just by entering it.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="goaaalll-barcelona-ties-it-through-pedro-1-1" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#goaaalll-barcelona-ties-it-through-pedro-1-1" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">71'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">GOAAALLL!!! Barcelona ties it through Pedro, 1-1!</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Messi started that all (he is Superman!!!) by splitting two defenders at the top and feeding Villa at the spot.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Cornered, he has the good sense to lay it off into the path of Pedro and he rockets it into the right corner.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://hub.video.msn.com/embed/36255815-ca84-4c89-b8d0-787b5905ce12/?vars=Y29uZmlnQ3NpZD1NU05WaWRlbyZmcj1zaGFyZWVtYmVkLXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uJmxpbmtvdmVycmlkZTI9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRm1zbi5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGdmlkZW8lM0Z2aWRlb2lkJTNEJTdCMCU3RCZicmFuZD1mb3hzcG9ydHMmc3luZGljYXRpb249dGFnJmNvbmZpZ05hbWU9c3luZGljYXRpb25wbGF5ZXImbGlua2JhY2s9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGJm1rdD1lbi11cw%3D%3D" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">All tied up, 1-1 today and 3-3 on aggregate, but now it’s Barcelona who’s going through.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="goooall-mandzukic-puts-bayern-up-1-0" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#goooall-mandzukic-puts-bayern-up-1-0" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">64'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">GOOOALL! Mandzukic puts Bayern up, 1-0</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Mario Mandzukic gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 lead over Juventus in the 64th minute. " height="277" id="100000002165135" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/soccer/11goal8/11goal8-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Olivier Morin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Mario Mandzukic gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 lead over Juventus in the 64th minute.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Javi Martinez stabs a ball from Schweinsteiger at Buffon from in close. His parry goes right Mandzukic, and he nods it into the open net. Bayern up 1-0.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://hub.video.msn.com/embed/824fe750-8a38-4ed5-ba23-c8339b74803d/?vars=ZnI9c2hhcmVlbWJlZC1zeW5kaWNhdGlvbiZjb25maWdDc2lkPU1TTlZpZGVvJm1rdD1lbi11cyZsaW5rb3ZlcnJpZGUyPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZtc24uZm94c3BvcnRzLmNvbSUyRnZpZGVvJTNGdmlkZW9pZCUzRCU3QjAlN0QmYnJhbmQ9Zm94c3BvcnRzJnN5bmRpY2F0aW9uPXRhZyZjb25maWdOYW1lPXN5bmRpY2F0aW9ucGxheWVyJmxpbmtiYWNrPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZm94c3BvcnRzLmNvbSUyRg%3D%3D" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">That goal probably puts Bayern through (it’s 3-0 on aggregate now) to a semifinal that Mandzukic will miss because of that early yellow today.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Matri immediately comes on for Quagliarella. One striker for another. Hmmm.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="messi-on-for-fabregas-save-us-they-scream" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#messi-on-for-fabregas-save-us-they-scream" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">62'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Messi on for Fabregas; "Save us!" they scream</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Bartra also on for Adriano, but no one seems to notice, or care.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">“Save us!” they all seem to be shouting. It’s not really fair to expect an injured player to do everything, but then fans aren’t always rational, especially about Messi.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="adriano-is-down-and-bartra-is-up" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#adriano-is-down-and-bartra-is-up" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">60'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Adriano is down and Bartra is up</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Barca will be a man down for Ibra’s free kick from 30, but Valdes corrals it easily.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">With an hour gone, you can feel the panic starting to build in the crowd at the Camp Nou. This would be highly unacceptable. But if they really can’t figure out what to do without Messi to save them, then they’re not really championship material, are they?</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="robben-of-the-post" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#robben-of-the-post" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">57'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Robben of the post!</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">From the top of the circle, Robben unleashes a left-footer that nearly settles things. Dinnnnnggg! Off the left post beyond a beaten Buffon.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="messi-is-warming-up-at-the-camp-nou" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#messi-is-warming-up-at-the-camp-nou" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">54'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Messi is warming up at the Camp Nou</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">That brings the crowd to life. Well, that and the prospect that — at this moment — they’re going out if someone doesn’t score for them.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="gooaall-pastore-scores-for-psg-1-0" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#gooaall-pastore-scores-for-psg-1-0" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">50'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">GOOAALL: Pastore scores for PSG -- 1-0!</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Defenders Alex Costa, left, and Christophe Jallet celebrate a goal by their Paris Saint-Germain teammate Javier Pastore and a 1-0 lead over Barcelona." height="355" id="100000002165050" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/11goal7/11goal7-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Lluis Gene/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Defenders Alex Costa, left, and Christophe Jallet celebrate a goal by their Paris Saint-Germain teammate Javier Pastore and a 1-0 lead over Barcelona.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">That was always coming. Pastore exchanges passes with Ibra in the center circle and then he’s off. Runs right past Dani Alves, and then lifts it over Valdes.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">What an immense goal that is — they’re up 3-2 on aggregate, and they’ve got one of the away goals back.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://hub.video.msn.com/embed/3ea7f0df-d70e-4d74-874d-81f4d7bcfee3/?vars=Y29uZmlnTmFtZT1zeW5kaWNhdGlvbnBsYXllciZsaW5rYmFjaz1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmZveHNwb3J0cy5jb20lMkYmY29uZmlnQ3NpZD1NU05WaWRlbyZta3Q9ZW4tdXMmYnJhbmQ9Zm94c3BvcnRzJmxpbmtvdmVycmlkZTI9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRm1zbi5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGdmlkZW8lM0Z2aWRlb2lkJTNEJTdCMCU3RCZmcj1zaGFyZWVtYmVkLXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uJnN5bmRpY2F0aW9uPXRhZw%3D%3D" width="480"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="yeah-thats-not-going-to-work" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#yeah-thats-not-going-to-work" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">47'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Yeah, that's not going to work</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">His free kick pings off the wall, a teammate and a Bayern player before rolling harmlessly toward the giant Neuer.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="back-under-way" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#back-under-way" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">46'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Back under way</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">They’re about a minute ahead in Barcelona.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="even-the-flags-go-limp-in-turin" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#even-the-flags-go-limp-in-turin" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">HT</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Even the flags go limp in Turin</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">After yesterday’s show at Dortmund, the two meekly waving flags at Juventus make that look like a pretty impotent home field advantage. It’s as if they know …</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="juventus-ends-the-half-with-a-corner-0-0-at-half" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#juventus-ends-the-half-with-a-corner-0-0-at-half" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">HT IN TURIN</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Juventus ends the half with a corner; 0-0 at half</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich took on Giorgio Chiellini, left, and Claudio Marchislo of Juventus." height="353" id="100000002164980" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/soccer/11goal6/11goal6-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich took on Giorgio Chiellini, left, and Claudio Marchislo of Juventus.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Bayern looks to be the better team in Turin, which seems about fair, since, well, they are. Just the vibe you get, that they’re going to score eventually. And that’s bad for Juve, since a single Bayern goal will leave them needing four. And I don’t think there’s any way they’re getting four today.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="messi-pacing-in-the-dugout" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#messi-pacing-in-the-dugout" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">HT IN BARCELONA</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Messi pacing in the dugout</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">As Iniesta curls a ball just out of reach for Xavi, the camera cuts to Messi looking anxious in the dugout. this must be excruciating for him.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Halftime in Barcelona. No score.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="yellow-for-adriano-misses-next-match" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#yellow-for-adriano-misses-next-match" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">42'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Yellow for Adriano; Misses next match</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic vied with Barcelona's Sergio Busquets." height="318" id="100000002164909" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/11goal5/11goal5-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Jose Jordan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Paris Saint-Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic vied with Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">A late clumsy challenge by Adriano earns him a yellow and gives PSG a dangerous free kick from about 22 yards. Ibra fires it into the wall.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="inevitabilty-is-a-strange-thing" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#inevitabilty-is-a-strange-thing" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">3:22 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Inevitabilty is a strange thing</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">There are games when Barcelona are so good, when they seem to do what they want with possession, but you still wonder if they’ll ever score.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">But whenever you watch Bayern, you just KNOW they’re going to score. You’re just waiting for it to come.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="bayern-change-van-buyten-off-boateng-on" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#bayern-change-van-buyten-off-boateng-on" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">36'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Bayern change: Van Buyten off; Boateng on</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">That nose problem, incurred in an early challenge, is too much for him.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="tweets-you-never-thought-youd-see-ii" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#tweets-you-never-thought-youd-see-ii" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">33'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Tweets you never thought you'd see II</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="162" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="482"></iframe></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="tweets-you-never-thought-youd-see" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#tweets-you-never-thought-youd-see" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">32'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Tweets you never thought you'd see</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="186" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="482"></iframe></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="lucas-moura-almost-makes-it-1-0" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#lucas-moura-almost-makes-it-1-0" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">28'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Lucas Moura almost makes it 1-0!</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Barcelona's Lionel Messi took in Wednesday's quarterfinal match with legs elevated while he recovered from an injured hamstring." height="340" id="100000002164896" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/soccer/11goal4/11goal4-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Alberto Estevez/European Pressphoto Agency</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Barcelona’s Lionel Messi took in Wednesday’s quarterfinal match with legs elevated while he recovered from an injured hamstring.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Lots of P.S.G. right now — Lavezzi a minute ago and now Ibra tracks down a ball and crosses in front for Lucas Moura, whose header is parried by Valdes</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">On the ensuing corner, Alex forces another diving save.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">This is really where Barca is vulnerable: since they seem to be smaller man for man. Pique has to go with either Ibra or Alex every time, but they look really small everywhere else.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="pirlo-goes-close" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#pirlo-goes-close" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">23'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Pirlo goes close</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">A dumb foul by Lahm — nearly a penalty — gives Pirlo a free kick just outside the box, and Neuer is forced to parry it over.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">In Barcelona, Lavezzi gets free down the middle again, but Valdes goes down to block him at the last moment.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="pedro-into-the-side-netting" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#pedro-into-the-side-netting" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">21'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Pedro into the side netting</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">A quick dash down the left and a driven low cross force Sirigu to parry it out in front. It then glances back to Pedro, and his side-footed shot slams into side netting.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="trouble-at-the-back-for-bayern" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#trouble-at-the-back-for-bayern" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">22'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Trouble at the back for Bayern</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="186" id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="482"></iframe><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="162" id="twitter-widget-4" scrolling="no" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="482"></iframe></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="possession-for-juve-chances-for-bayern" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#possession-for-juve-chances-for-bayern" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">18'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Possession for Juve, chances for Bayern</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Juventus off to a much better start than last week, but Bayern has been the most dangerous. They come forward, especially on counters and set pieces out high, like a red wave.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">An away would most likely finish Juve, so they need to be very careful with their marking on dead balls.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="yellow-for-bonucci" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#yellow-for-bonucci" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">14'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Yellow for Bonucci</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">So that’s 1-1 in yellows from the Spanish official so far.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="daring-from-iniesta" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#daring-from-iniesta" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">12'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Daring from Iniesta</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Grabbing possession in midfield, Iniesta glances up and see Sirigu off his line. So why not? He tries to chip him from the center circle … and barely misses high.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="early-yellow-for-mandzukic" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#early-yellow-for-mandzukic" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">8'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Early yellow for Mandzukic</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Tough foul on Chiellini, and that’s really an unneccesary one, since he’s now banned for a potential semifinal.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">The Fox crew points out the referee is from Madrid, hinting at something sinister when there’s no proof, and then quickly backtracking.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="promising-start-for-p-s-g" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#promising-start-for-p-s-g" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">4'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Promising start for P.S.G.</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas, left, was challenged by Paris Saint-Germain's Alex on Wednesday." height="330" id="100000002164847" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/11goal4/11goal4-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Manu Fernandez/Associated Press</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas, left, was challenged by Paris Saint-Germain’s Alex on Wednesday.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Lavezzi splits the defense but fumbles a weak touch toward Valdes, who clears easily.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">But Barca comes back and wins a free kick in the same spot at the earlier one. Same thing coming?</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="clumsy-skill-from-juve" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#clumsy-skill-from-juve" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">3'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Clumsy skill from Juve</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Chiellini juggles his way into Bayern’s area and then promptly shows why he’s a defender by giving the ball away.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="fabregas-wins-a-dangerous-free-kick" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#fabregas-wins-a-dangerous-free-kick" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">1'</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Fabregas wins a dangerous free kick</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Fabregas clipped out front and falls fantastically. Xavi whips a free kick around the left post and fully half of the Camp Nou thinks it went in.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">It didn’t.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="here-they-come-out-of-the-tunnel" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#here-they-come-out-of-the-tunnel" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">2:44 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Here they come out of the tunnel</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Bayern and Juve are out first. Juve in its zebra stripes and Bayern in red, if you want to imagine them as you read along.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Barcelona trades its sherbert from Paris for the traditional red and blue. P.S.G. in white.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Annnnd we’re under way.</div><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="186" id="twitter-widget-5" scrolling="no" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="482"></iframe></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="todays-champions-league-referees" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#todays-champions-league-referees" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">2:16 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Today's Champions League referees</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">A Dutch crew, headed by the referee Bjorn Kuipers, will be in charge at the Camp Nou. Wonder if he grew up idolizing Johan Cruyff?</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">In Italy, the officials will be Spanish. The referee is Carlos Velasco Carballo.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="for-barcelona-a-trend-for-every-opinion" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#for-barcelona-a-trend-for-every-opinion" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">2:12 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">For Barcelona, a trend for every opinion</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The glass-half-full view: Barcelona has lost only once at home this season, to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey in February, and it is undefeated in 20 Champions League home matches – winning 16 – since a 2-1 loss against Rubin Kazan in October 2009.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">The glass-half-empty view: Barcelona had conceded at least one goal in its last 13 games in all competitions, and its defense is thinner than usual.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="some-more-lineup-housekeeping-for-barca-psg" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#some-more-lineup-housekeeping-for-barca-psg" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">2:02 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Some More Lineup Housekeeping for Barca-PSG</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="David Beckham was scratched from the starting lineup on Wednesday." height="305" id="100000002164813" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/11goal2/11goal2-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Andreu Dalmau/European Pressphoto Agency</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">David Beckham was scratched from the starting lineup on Wednesday.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Here are the subs and yellow-card situation for Barcelona-P.S.G.:</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>Barcelona:</strong> Pinto, Bartra, Montoya, Thiago Alcantara, Song, Alexis, Messi.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>P.S.G.:</strong> Douchez, Sakho, Armand, Van der Wiel, Chantome Beckham Gameiro</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Barcelona’s Jordi Alba, Adriano, Alex Song and Gerard Piqué’s face suspensions for their next yellow card. The same is true for P.S.G.’s Ezequiel Lavezzi and Thiago Silva.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="lineups-for-that-other-game-bayern-vs-juventus" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#lineups-for-that-other-game-bayern-vs-juventus" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">1:58 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Lineups for that other game: Bayern vs. Juventus</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">There’s another game today if you don’t fancy so many Thiagos. Bayern takes its 2-0 lead to Turin to face Juventus.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The starters there:</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>Bayern:</strong> Neuer; Lahm, van Buyten, Dante, Alaba; Martinez, Schweinsteiger; Robben, Muller, Ribery, Mandzukic</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Juventus:</strong> Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Padoin, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah; Vucinic, Quagliarella</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="p-s-g-lineup-has-thiago-motta-for-suspended-matuidi" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#p-s-g-lineup-has-thiago-motta-for-suspended-matuidi" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">1:52 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">P.S.G. Lineup Has Thiago Motta for Suspended Matuidi</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Carlo Ancelotti leaves David Beckham on the bench after starting him in the first leg, going with the more lively legs of the Italian Marco Verratti. Good call in my opinion, since I can’t recall Beckham even playing in the first leg he was so invisible at time.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Also, Thiago Motta makes a rare appearance, replacing the suspended Blaise Matuidi. This gives the visitors a clear advantage in Thiagos, as Barcelona has only one it can use — Thiago Alcantara — and it’s left him on the bench.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The P.S.G. starters:</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">Sirigu; Jallet, Alex, Thiago Silva, Maxwell; Lucas, Verratti, Thiago Motta, Pastore; Lavezzi, Ibrahimovic.</div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="lineups-are-out-and-so-is-messi" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#lineups-are-out-and-so-is-messi" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">1:48 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Lineups Are Out, and So Is Messi</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="w480" style="margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 480px;"><img alt="Barcelona's Lionel Messi attended a training session on Tuesday. He will not play on Wednesday due to an injury." height="320" id="100000002164684" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/11/sports/soccer/11goal/11goal-blog480.jpg" width="480" /><span class="credit" style="color: #909090; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 2px 0px; text-align: right;">Manu Fernandez/Associated Press</span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin: 3px 2px;">Barcelona’s Lionel Messi attended a training session on Tuesday. He will not play on Wednesday due to an injury.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Well the question of the day has been answered: Lionel Messi is not fit to start for Barcelona at the Camp Nou, but he will be on the bench, sore hamstring and all. That said, if he’s not healthy enough to start, one wonders if he’s capable of playing at all, right? And if he should, right?</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Anyway, the plucky Catalans have cobbled together a team of street urchins and scarf vendors to do battle with the visitors from Paris:</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Valdes; Dani Alves, Pique, Adriano, Jordi Alba; Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta; Pedro, Fabregas, Villa.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">So, well, let’s not cry too hard for them.</div><div class="live-byline" style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;">— <em>Andrew Das</em></div></div></div><div class="update" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="updated-entry clearfix" id="preview-reposted" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><h5 class="updated-marker highlight" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; height: 25px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"><span class="time" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/layout/vertical_rule.gif); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 0.9167em; font-weight: normal; height: 19px; line-height: 1.3em; padding: 6px 12px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto;"><a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/champions-league-quarterfinals-matchday-4/#preview-reposted" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">1:47 P.M.</a></span><strong style="color: #333333; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; position: relative; top: 7px;">Preview (reposted)</strong></h5></div><div class="updated-entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Wednesday’s games will kick off simultaneously at 2:45 p.m. Eastern, which — as usual — is just a pain for viewers who wouldn’t mind watching both games. (Note to UEFA: Learn a little something from the N.C.A.A. tournament and the N.F.L. playoffs and stagger your starts, especially since neither result affects the other. The global viewing audience and I thank you.)</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">To stall until game time, a quick lookahead (for those who spent the past 10 days on the moon, P.S.G. and Barcelona tied in the first leg, 2-2, in Paris, and Bayern Munich won at home, 2-0, over Juventus):</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>Barcelona</strong> should be favored against <strong>P.S.G.</strong>, what with two away goals in the bag and the power of a packed Camp Nou crowd filling its sails. But not by a lot, and probably by even less if the lineups are announced and Lionel Messi isn’t in Barca’s. Messi, who left the first leg at halftime after injuring his hamstring, is remarkably durable for a little guy who gets kicked around by larger men for a living. But even though <a href="http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/messi-trains-with-the-team" style="color: #666699;">he practiced Tuesday</a> and the team<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/04/09/sports/soccer/09reuters-soccer-champions-barcelona.html?ref=soccer&_r=0" style="color: #666699;">sounded hopeful he would play</a>, a hamstring is kind of a valuable tool for a soccer player, and you really need two good ones to do what Messi does. Plus, let’s be honest: Barcelona meandered a bit after losing him in Paris. “We have a better chance if Messi doesn’t play,” P.S.G. Manager Carlo Ancelotti said in the biggest understatement in soccer history, “but it won’t change our strategy.” And why should it? That strategy almost worked at home, when counterattacks led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Javier Pastore and Ezequiel Lavezzi and Lucas Moura tormented Barcelona’s soft spot, its back four and goalkeeper Victor Valdes. And Messi isn’t Barcelona’s only lineup concern: Pedro and Adriano also face Wednesday fitness tests, Javier Mascherano is hurt <em>and</em> suspended, and Carles Puyol is still out with a knee injury. The French defender Eric Abidal has been included in Barcelona’s roster only days after playing his first game since his liver transplant last April. Seeing him take the field could be a special moment, but it probably wouldn’t be a good sign for Barcelona if it had to go that deep into its bench for a game of this magnitude.</div><div style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Bayern Munich</strong> has been to two of the past three Champions League finals, and a third in four years seemed a realistic possibility from the opening minute of its 2-0 victory in the first leg. Yes, David Alaba’s goal went in with the help of a deflection after only 25 seconds, but the fact that the Germans were the better team that day was never in dispute. With <a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/bayern-munich-clinches-bundesliga-title/" style="color: #666699;">the Bundesliga title theirs as of Saturday</a>, Bayern Munich can now focus on the goal that has driven them since losing the final at home last spring: winning the Champions League title. It would take a brave fan to bet against them now. <strong>Juventus</strong> has not been to the semifinals in 10 years, and it didn’t make a return any more likely by being rolled in Munich last week. “I’m convinced that the difference between us and Bayern is not as big as it appeared in the first leg,” <a href="http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/round=2000349/match=2009605/prematch/preview/index.html" style="color: #666699;">Manager Antonio Conte said</a>, and he better be right. An early goal would be a huge help ion making a game of it, and Juve’s deficit is not nearly as daunting as Galatasaray’s, and we all saw how that went Tuesday. But Juventus will have to overcome it without help from Stephan Lichtsteiner and Arturo Vidal (who are suspended) and the shaven-headed microwave Sebastian Giovinco, who injured his knee in Sunday’s win against Pescara. Juventus diehards will note that the club is 5-0 in European quarterfinals against German clubs, which is a historical lifeline to cling to, but they’ll also conveniently ignore the fact that the Bianconeri were unbeaten in European road games for three years until they went to Munich last week.</div></div></div></div></div></div>

Champions League Champions League Quarterfinals: Matchday 4

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