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Spanish giants Barcelona travel to the Stade de Gerland on Tuesday to take on French champions Lyon in their knock out stage Champions League encounter in a game that promises to be a thrilling encounter as both sides are at the peak of their powers. Catch all the live streaming football from that game here on Live Sport Network.

Lyon finished second in Group F with 11 points from 6 games behind German giants Bayern Munich. Lyon coach Claude Puel is faced with a mini injury crisis as he hopes to put together a strong enough team to blunt Barca's goal scoring prowess.

Francois Clerc and Anthony Reveillere remain long-term absentees and Fabio Santos, who was covering at the right-back position has also suffered a setback after sustaining a thigh strain that will see him miss at least 2 weeks of action. Nevertheless Puel will hope his side can avoid a repeat of the 2007 and 2008 seasons when they were eliminated at this stage in the Champions League.

 

 

Meanwhile Barcelona will be itching to get some revenge after their unexpected loss to Espanyol in domestic La Liga competition over the weekend. The Catalans qualified as winners of Group C with 13 points from 6 games. However manager Josep Guardiola also has major injury concerns ahead of this game as left-back Eric Abidal is out for 8 weeks after suffering a tear in his right thigh muscle. The news is especially bad for Barca, who are already without Andres Iniesta with a thigh injury.

Even with the injury concerns, Barcelona start as favorites in this tie simply by virtue of their superior strike force. Watch Lyon vs Barcelona Live online on Live Sport Network, the leading source to watch live Champions League football on the web.