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Monday, April 15, 2019

Barcelona must tune out the noise, high expectations as they close on historic third Treble

ESPN FC's Craig Burley and Mark Donaldson square off in predicting who will advance to the Champions League semifinals. Stevie Nicol questions if Lionel Messi has had to carry more of the load for Barca than in previous years due to lack of a supporting cast. It's both startling, and somewhat unfair, the degree to which Barcelona are treading along a knife edge tonight at the Camp Nou. If they eliminate Manchester United from the Champions League, whether by hook, by crook, a goalless draw or a champagne-fest of scintillating, inspired football, they will be about three good performances away from their third trophy Treble. That their opponents on Tuesday night happen to be Manchester United, led now by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, their mythical added-time...

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