📣 Xavi on making history, Alba fitness, facing Lewandowski | OneFootball

Barcelona face a huge task to get a result in Munich on Wednesday evening.

Here’s Xavi’s take on the game.

On Wednesday’s challenge

“We face the game with great enthusiasm, Bayern are one of the worst possible rivals, they are one of the best teams in the world and we play in their stadium, the difficulty is extreme but we depend on ourselves.”

“It is a final, we face it with great enthusiasm, trying to be able to compete with our weapons.

“We are prepared to compete, I hope the last defeats against Bayern do not affect us psychologically. I tell the players that now all the pressure is on me. We are going to try it.”

On revenge and history

“Barça can win against any rival.

“In recent years Bayern have been better than Barça but football always gives you revenge.”

“We are working so that Barça is not inferior to any rival in Europe. It is my job and that of the staff, you have to be patient, this is not overnight. Tomorrow we have to compete. In football there are always opportunities and tomorrow we will try.

“We are working to win tomorrow to be in the round of 16. La Liga will tell us where we are at the end of the season, but we are Barça and we cannot give up in any competition, tomorrow we have an opportunity to make history by achieving our first victory in Munich.”

On Alba’s fitness

“Alba had discomfort on Saturday but we will see how he trains and how he is tomorrow. He wants to play.”

On Dembélé

“Dembélé is motivated, I see him happy and tomorrow he has to be a very important player for us. But not only him, it has to be a great performance of the whole team.”

On facing Lewandowski

“Lewandowski has been making a difference for many years. Not only for his goals, but for many other things. If he is not the best, he is one of the best in the world.”

On playing behind closed doors

“It is a shame that there is no public because in the end we play for the fans.”