This is how City reaches the quarterfinals against Barcelona

Barcelona and Manchester City meet tomorrow, Wednesday, at 12:30, in Monza in the first leg of the quarterfinal of the Champions League between both teams. The return can be played at the home of the citizens (March 31), which, however, due to the mobility restrictions of the coronavirus, could not travel to Spanish territory to play the first match.

East It will be one of the great tests that the Barça team will undertake this season, that in the First Iberdrola it has not found a rival (20 victories in 20 games, 99 goals for and three against). Yes he did it in the Super Cup, in the semifinal, when he fell in the penalty shootout against Atlético after 1-1 in regulation time. Since then, everything has been triumphs, so tomorrow's game is a definitive test to take the pulse in Europe of a Barça that last season reached the semifinals and the previous one, 2018-19, the final.

Barça's numbers are there, but what are Manchester City's? It should be noted that the citizens they are second of the Women's Super League, a competition that has not stopped growing in recent years. Gareth Taylor's add up 42 points obtained in 13 victories —The last ten in a row— and three draws, conceding a single defeat. In Champions, eliminated Fiorentina in the round of 16 (8-0 aggregate) and Goteborg in the round of 32 (5-1 aggregate).

As for the goals, they have scored 54 goals and conceded 11 in the English League, figures that are quite far from those of Barça, but there is no comparison between both domestic competitions.

Individually, it highlights the moment of Lauren Hemp, scoring (6) or assisting (4) in her last eight WSL games; and Ellen White, the league's top scorer with nine goals.

Finally, it should be noted that while Barça played their last game against Rayo on Saturday, City played their last game on Wednesday 17 (0-3 at Bristol), giving them more time to recover and physically prepare for the encounter. Of course, the desire for the Champions League is just as great in both teams.