Thursday, 28 August 2014

Zubizarreta: Barcelona can't just focus on PSG

Barcelonasporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has hailed Paris Saint-Germainas "a great team" but feels it would be a mistake for Luis Enrique and his troops to presume that the French champions are the only team standing between them and top spot in Champions League Group F.
The two sides met in the quarter-finals of the 2012-13 tournament, with the Blaugrana scraping through on goals.
Most pundits believe that the pair wil cruise into the last 16 of this season's competition, having been drawn in a group alongside Ajax and APOEL, but Zubizarreta is not understimating the threat posed by the supposed 'underdogs'.
"When you come to this draw, you know you are always going to be drawn against a big team," the former Barca goalkeeper is quoted as saying by his club's official website.
"If you get over-confident, any team in the Champions League will make it hard for you. We're going to be facing three very different styles of football
"We've played PSG before. It'll be a great game. They're a great team both in terms of individuals and as a unit.
"But this group isn't just about PSG. Ajax have shown us before how good they can be. APOEL fight hard.
"Some very big teams have already found out just what a difficult opponent they are in Europe.
"These are games where every team has the right to dream. We have our dreams, and they all have their own."

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