Boateng optimistic ahead of Barcelona clash and warns his teammates of Xavi-Iniesta partnership
A.C Milan midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in the UEFA Champions League game on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011.
The Italian Champions will visit the Camp Nou for the first-leg of the tie and Boateng believes that no team in the world is unbeatable. The former Portsmouth star is eagerly anticipating the game and revealed that he had dreamt
of playing in a high profile game as this one.
The 24-year-old is predicting a very tough game and believes that his team will have to defend out of their skins to stop the Spanish Champions. The former Genoa star is aware of the importance of an away goal and has full trust
in his strikers that they will manage to score on the night.
Boateng believes that the game will be more of a battle of minds rather than physical part of it and has urged his team-mates to tackle Xavi and Andres Iniesta with care.
Boateng said, “If I thought we couldn’t win, then I wouldn’t be playing football. I dreamed of a game like this since I was a kid. Nobody is unbeatable. We have to stay solid and united, because we’re on their turf and must defend
well. In attack we have exceptional strikers and sooner or later we will score. I think it’ll end 1-1.”
“If we don’t give Xavi and Andres Iniesta time to think, then it becomes very difficult for them to find the net. Those two are the right and left side of the Barcelona brain. Without the brain, teams cannot play.”
The Ghanaian international has tagged prolific striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029, as the most important player in Milan’s chances of winning the match and believes that the Swede’s intelligent football mind might be the difference between
the two sides.
A.C Milan are looking to improve their European record as they have not gone beyond the first knockout round in their past three campaigns.
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