LIVE UPDATES: Chelsea vs Barcelona (Champions League)

When the round 16 draw of the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League was made, one game that football lovers looked forward to is the match between Chelsea and Barcelona.

Today is the day, the day every soccer fan has been anticipating. Tonight we are going to see inform Barcelona take on struggling Chelsea.

Can Messi break his goal scoring jinx against the one-time champions or Eden Hazard will lead his side to a famous victory over the Catalans?

Chelsea boss, Antonio Conte has hinted of a masterplan to deal with five-time world best player Lionel Messi and his colleagues.

"When you have to play this type of game, you have to prepare. You have to prepare for everything. You have to prepare big things, but the smaller details too.

"They can move a result a lot of the time. We have an idea. We have a plan in our heads. I think that, in this specific moment, it's very important to pick the players who are at the top of their form and then try and do our best to win the game."

His counterpart, Ernesto Valverde had this to say ahead of the game.

“Of course, previous games do count,” Valverde said. “You have to look at them, though they have little to do with what will happen in reality. The key players change from time to time – Messi and Iniesta are still there, obviously. There’s a bit of rivalry between the teams, which is a good thing. It makes it more of a spectacle, more interesting.

We remember Ronadinho’s “dancing goal” in 2005 and Michael Essien’s left-footed drive in 2009. So what memory will tonight’s game leave us with?

The game starts at 19:45.

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