A huge local new story is the Champions League Semi-Final between FC Barcelona and Inter Milan. Last week on April 20, 2010 FC Barcelona lost the first of two Semi-Final games 3-1. Today (April 28, 2010) game is huge because if Barcelona loses, they are out of the Champions League Tournament. If they win, they advance to the finals and a chance to repeat as European Champions (what I believe to be the higest honor in the soccer world except for the World Cup, of course). The loss was the first time Barcelona lost by a margin of more than 1 goal this year, a tremendous feat. Unfortunately, Eric Abidal and Andres Iniesta are going to have to sit out of the game with injuries, but hopefully Lionel Messi's magic left foot will be able to carry Barca to the championship round. Barcelona needs to win the match by the score of at least 2-0 because they lost their first game by two goals. The way the advancement to the next round works in the Champions League is that the winning team needs to have more total away goals if they are tied in wins. So because right now Barcelona has 1 away goal, they would need to hold Inter to less than one goal in order to advance. If Barcelona gives up more than one goal, they are out of the tournament. This should be the most exciting match of the year, and I cannot wait to see what happens. GO BARCA!
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