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Group H 19:45 (GMT) November 23, 2011 Giuseppe Meazza

Team news,quotes and detail ahead of the Champions League Group H clash between AC Milan and Barcelona at San Siro.

TEAM NEWS

Milan are without Antonio Cassano after he underwent mind surgery in November, Gennaro Gattuso is out with an eye problem, Mathieu Flamini has a knee injury and defender Philippe Mexes is sidelined with a broken hand. Alex Pato returned from injury to play in a 0-0 draw with Fiorentina though and could feature. Barcelona are deprived of Andres Iniesta due to a thigh injury and the midfielder joins Ibrahim Afellay (knee) on the sidelines. Pedro is back in training after suffering an ankle injury and may require a tardy check.

MANAGER QUOTES

Massimiliano Allegri: "[Zlatan] Ibrahimovic is fine. He can’t wait for the game like all the others. We want to keep calm until tomorrow evening and the from the kick off, we’ll have to play 100 minutes of really intense football, with lots of respect for Barcelona but without being reverential towards them." Pep Guardiola: "To come here is an honour, when you go in this stage one breathes in the air of tradition, history, something great. It gives a sensation that we are in a country with so much passion for football. Tomorrow we have to have a perfect match, otherwise it will be very hard for us to win. We know that in November and December teams are reaching their top form. Besides, Milan are very strong. We cannot go out and play at 80 per cent. It is important for us to go out and be ourselves, and being ourselves means not playing for a draw."

MATCH FACTS

AC Milan are without a win in their final four meetings against Barcelona (two losses and two draws). The Rossoneri have won only once in their previous four matches against Barcelona at the San Siro, 1-0 in October 2004, thanks to a Shevchenko goal. AC Milan are unbeaten in their last five CL games (two wins and three draws). AC Milan have won their final two CL games at home by the same score line (2-0 v Viktoria Plzeň and BATE Borisov). The last time the Rossoneri won three consecutive games at home in the Champions League was back in the 2007/08 tearm. Barcelona have won each of their final four CL away games without conceding a single goal. The Blaugrana have scored at least one goal in each of their last 25 CL games (60 goals in total). Barcelona have already netted 13 goals so far in this CL season, at least three more than any other side. Lionel Messi hasn’t scored any goal in five CL games against Italian sides (three vs Inter Milan, one vs AC Milan, one vs Udinese). Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been directly involved in four of AC Milan’s final five goals in this CL, scoring three and delivering one assist.

MATCH ODDS

AC Milan 7/2, Barcelona 4/5, Draw 13/5.