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Barcelona’s coach, Xavi Hernández, affirmed that the Europa League is “an opportunity” to compete in a continental tournament, although he admitted that “it gives me courage” not to be playing in the Champions League.
In the press conference prior to the first leg of the round of 32 against Napoli, the Terrassa coach gave value to the second European club competition that, according to what he said, he faces as “ candidate” to win it and not as a “favourite”.
“It is courageous not to be in the ‘Champions’, but that has to rebel us to play it again”, Xavi answered when asked for the duel that Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid played last night in the first leg of the round of 16 of the highest European competition.
The Catalan coach prefers to focus on the round of 32 of the Europa League, one of the ways that Barcelona has to play the next edition of the Champions League.
“This is an opportunity for us. We have a situation in the club and the main objective is to play the next ‘Champions’. We have two ways: enter the top four or win the Europa League”, he recalled.
For this reason, he urged the fans to go to the Camp Nou tomorrow to cheer on his pupils who, in In his opinion, they are up against a “strong” rival.
“Naples have high-level footballers, they are a ‘Champions’ level team. Analyzing them you see that they have a lot of potential”, defended Xavi, who expects “an open tie” against one of the “rockiest” teams in Europe.