"Another cracking game". Charlie Nicholas makes prediction for Barcelona V Bayern Munich

  Barcelona and Bayern Munich will meet in the Champions League quarter-finals on Friday, August 14. Ahead of the game, Sky Sports football expert Charlie Nicholas has stated his prediction. "If they get through this it is Bayern's Champions League to lose, people are saying. Have you seen who is left in still? Bayern have been demolishing everything in their path, while Barcelona are not in love with their new coach, and that is why they are not excelling as much. "They have a certain style, so they cannot change that. The players do not rebel, but those players will then quickly realise their training needs to change. Why change it when five years ago they were the best team in the world? Luis Suarez has had a few recent injuries, Neymar moved on, but Lionel Messi is still at his brilliant best. "Robert Lewandowski should have won the Ballon d'Or. On the flip side, it has been one of those seasons for him, but Messi wants this competitions - this is always the one he wants, and so he will be fired up for it. "Bayern are so strong going forward but they are weak at the back. They are favourites but you cannot tell me Jerome Boateng is as good as he was. He was supposed to be leaving on a free not so long ago so something tells me there is a weakness at the back and you can get at them. "We have another cracking game, but I am swaying towards the maestro that is Messi, and he can get his team into the semi-final here. I am expecting another game with goals galore, but what a game it will be." Charlie Nicholas' score prediction: 3-2  source - Sky Sports

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