The current champions Barcelona finished with a 1-1 draw against Stuttgart in the Champions League clash. Stuttgart took the lead in the match with the help of the header by Brazilian striker Cacau but Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Barcelona leveled the score with a crucial goal. The draw means that Stuttgart now has the difficult task of scoring in the Camp Nou if they are to reach the quarterfinals.

Barcelona seemed to be missing the boat in the first half of the match. However, they were able to make a strong comeback in the second half. Andres Iniesta of Barcelona accepted that their team really found it tough going in the initial stages of the match and though they were delighted at the outcome of this encounter they still have another tough one coming ahead.

Andoni Zubizarreta, the former goalkeeper of Barca and Spain felt that Barcelona played like real champions putting their character and quality on display. The crowd gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Arena went absolutely crazy with the kind of intensity that was shown by Stuttgart as they fiercely attacked the Barcelona team. 

After the initial frenzy, Barcelona took full control of the match with the second half seeing them have over 63 percent of possession with the Stuttgart players looking tired from their first half exertions. There was also a weird incident just 20 minutes before time when a shot by Ibrahamovic seemed to have hit Cristian Molinaro’s arm but there was no penalty given by the referee.