Stuttgart Vs Barcelona Champions league battle

My Champions League game preview on The Offside:

December 18, 2009 was the day. Champions’ league draw destined Barcelona to play against VFB Stuttgart in the first knockout round. Barcelona fans were celebrating, Stuttgart fans were (quoting): “praying to God for some Russia-esque type weather for that first leg in Stuttgart”, how is your faith Pete? And ehh…as predicted, Madrid fans were pointing out “The fact” that Barcelona always get an easy draw. As usual, being more focused on Barcelona than their own team made another fact pass unnoticed: Real Madrid were drew against the same team Barcelona played last season in the same round, Lyon. And based on their league performance, this Lyon is weaker than the 2009’s Version. Anyways…
My initial reaction was the same as I feel now, a mixed of comfort and caution. The comfort that comes from the quality of Barcelona squad, and the concern is the consequence of playing against a team that may not have the hype that increases the Barcelona players’ sense of danger, but a team that have the quality to cause an upset in a good day. Starting from my comment that day in the Champion’s league draw post (Read More on The offside page).