Tuesday, FC Barcelona and AC Milan will meet in the second round of the knockouts in the Champions League. Milan is leading two-goal lead in the lair of a Barça under very high pressure, but weakened by the absence of Balotelli (unskilled) and Pazzini (injured), in attack.

In the absence of these two strikers, the Lombard club was forced to reorganize offensively. And it is Mbaye Niang, the young Franco-Senegalese striker, who should enjoy it. In a strong position to qualify, the Italian club could grant tenure to the former striker of SM Caen. At just 18 years old, Niang lives necessarily a dream facing FC Barcelona.

A boon for the trained player in Caen, who believes in a 1st strong tenure of his life in the Champions League. “He told me maybe he was going to start the game, he is wound up like a clock! “Laughs Franck Dumas, his former coach at the Malherbe Stadium, who exchanged with the miracle last Saturday.

“He has a very unique form of recklessness, unlike many; he needs pressure to deliver its full potential,” says his trainer Philip Sharp, who does not believe in the first “flip” of the kid.
Pazzini injured and Balotelli non-registered, Niang is struggling with Bojan and Robinho to complete the attacking trio which will be aligned against the Catalans, alongside the untouchable Kevin Prince Boateng and Stephan El Shaarawy.

In the first leg against Barcelona, before entering into the second half, Mbaye Niang had whispered on the  Milan bench that he would be “decisive” and was executed mystifying Puyol on the action of the second order .

The story does not say whether the Senegalese origin has promised something tonight, if his coach Massimiliano Allegri dared launch him on the track of the stars.