The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 attacker conceded that Die Roten are in pole position to win the Minsk game, but believes his side could pull off a major surprise in the UEFA Champions League encounter.
BATE Borisov attacking midfielder Alexander Hleb stated that the Belarusian side is under no pressure ahead of their Champions League group stage clash against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. However, the Bundesliga outfit will be looking
forward to register a second win in the competition.
The Belarusian Premier League champions won their opening game against French club Lille 3-1 and are currently topping the group F, ahead of last season’s finalists in Europe’s elite cup competition on goal superiority. The winger
feels that the German team has a lot of quality in their ranks but can still suffer a shock defeat.
The playmaker suggested that Die Roten players must be nervous as they are the favourites to win the encounter, and they will have to hold their nerves. Nevertheless, he said that it will be a tough game as Bayern have a great
squad, but believes anything can happen.
“The pressure is on Bayern as they're the favourites. It will be difficult, they're a fantastic team, but anything is possible,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The central midfielder stressed that he feels that his team loves to be at a disadvantage in order to give a good performance. However, he said that Der FCB and Spanish outfit http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 are the two teams expected to progress through
the knockout rounds. BATE are not thinking too much about qualifying and are taking one game at a time.
“I believe we [relish the role of underdog]. But we're not looking too far ahead as we know that other teams, in particular Bayern and Valencia, are favourites in this group,” he mused.
“Likewise, Lille could still progress despite the defeat. We're just trying to take it step by step and we'll see how far we've got after the six matches,” he finally concluded.
Hleb said that even with all the predictions, Lille also have a chance to qualify for the next round.
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