Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE Champions League coverage, and the team news is in for Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona. There is no shortage of star names in both line-ups, including a certain former England captain getting the nod for the hosts...
Champions League / Quarter-final
Parc des Princes / 02.04.2013
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- Z. Ibrahimovic(79')
- B. Matuidi(90+4')
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Updated 02/04/2013 at 21:39 GMT+1
36'
Messi weights a ball to Alves' overlap on the right perfectly. First-time cross is blocked out by Silva, who has been a beast at the back so far. Barca corner.
35'
Lucas continues to keep Alba busy on the wing and catches a high boot from the left-back. No yellow card, however.
34'
Lovely reverse ball by Ibrahimovic finds Lavezzi, who again is a tad ahead of the offside trap.
33'
Barcelona have had 74 - SEVENTY-FOUR - per cent of possession but trail in shots 7-3, 2-1 on target.
32'
Alba's short cross almost sneaks through to Iniesta near the six-yard box but Silva reacts well to prevent a shot.
31'
@wazza_mutd10 thinks PSG need to make good on this bright start: "Barca have that special something that they had two years ago. PSG need to score tonight to have any hope of qualifying." - tweet @liamhappe your thoughts and views.
30'
Messy scenes in the PSG 'D' as they make a series of successful challenges only to give possession back immediately. They finally clear their lines to avoid an embarrassing opening goal.
29'
Matuidi stands up Iniesta on the left near the byline and wins the ball.
28'
For a second time, Messi is guilty of trying to do too much alone. PSG defenders more than happy to group up on him and again he loses out to the gang mentality.
27'
Xavi sends a ball forward towards Villa but Sirigu is alert and gets there first.
26'
@nasrumv gets involved via Twitter - "PSG will probably score first. Barca will make it even 1-1" - if you want to have a comment published too, follow me @liamhappe and tweet it over!
25'
Another PSG counter sparked by a great Alex challenge. Lucas keeps it going at pace before Ibrahimovic cuts inside his man and fires wide. He could have possibly picked out Lavezzi, but you know how badly Ibra wants to score past his old club.
24'
Must be said though that Matuidi will miss the second leg if booked tonight. Busquets goes down easily from his challenge and I suspect Barca know he's one false move away from suspension.
23'
Lucas is absolutely dazzling thus far, beating Barca midfielders almost subconsciously. Matuidi has also been strong closing down the Spaniards' passes in the centre circle and forcing them to rely on the channels.
22'
Ibra sparks the PSG counter but soon finds himself outnumbered without adequate support.
21'
Messi goes for his first wander of the match and it takes four defenders to dispossess him in the area.
20'
Paris starting to sustain some attacking possession now rather than bombing forward on the breaks. Pastore and Ibrahimovic however fail to pick out colleagues with final ball attempts.
19'
Ibra and Becks are having words over the set piece, just right of centre and 20 out. Hard to tell at the whistle who will take it... IBRA! Rasping low shot pushed around the post by Valdes!
18'
First booking of the game as Ibrahimovic brings the ball down well on his chest before being brought down by Pique as he approaches the penalty area. The centre-back sees yellow.
17'
Iniesta almost scores a golazo but his curling 20-yarder fizzes just wide.
16'
Alves and Moura are the players to watch so far for each side, making a lot of headway on their respective right-hand sides. But though Barca have had most of the possession, it's PSG who have created the early chances.