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In what would not go unnoticed as a Champions League knockout match, Manchester City will head to Barcelona for an unusual friendly game on Wednesday night.

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Barça TV + is showing live coverage of the charity game promoted by Juan Carlos Unzué to raise funds for ALS research.

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Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will be playing a friendly on Wednesday evening against Xavi Hernadez's new-look Barcelona side, with all proceeds going to ...

"We want to thank Barca for inviting us to this wonderful venue. Guardiola has also said he will be taking his Manchester City stars to be part of this showcase despite a long season due to the Fifa World Cup in Qatar bringing the season to a halt in November and December. I am very happy to come."

Manchester City travel to Catalonia to take on La Liga's Barcelona for their first taste of European football prior to the Champions League.

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Former Barça footballer, Juan Carlos Unzué, has called on fans to attend the friendly match against City for the benefit of the fight against ALS: He ...

There are people that takes a week, a month or a year but if they are able to accept it, is vital to be able to carry the illness of the best possible way and facilitate the life to those who have people and take care us. At last we have been able to organise it between all, with a lot of commitment and to 100% of the capacity. The culés have a fantastic opportunity to show that this lemma is more than a club follows valid and how of solidarios are here in Barcelona, where also are in the bad". Here in Barcelona, with Laporta and Rafa Yuste and from the minute one there has been a terrific predisposition to carry out it in spite of the difficulties and circumstances that spoke". In the previous, Unzué could direct some words to the public in the Camp Nou: "it Is already important. I trust a lot in the machinery of the FC Barcelona".

Pep Guardiola returns to face his former club this week as Barcelona take on Manchester City in a friendly match at the Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Manchester City are in better shape as a unit and hold a slight upper hand going into this game. Manchester City have managed only one victory against Barcelona and will look to cut the deficit on Wednesday. Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets did not feature against Real Sociedad and will likely be given starts against Manchester City. The previous meeting between the two sides took place in 2016 and ended in a 3-1 victory for Manchester City. Manchester City are currently in second place in the Premier League standings and have been impressive this season. The Blaugrana eased past Real Sociedad by a 4-1 margin in their previous game and will look to achieve a similar result this week.