The Bayer Leverkusen manager insisted that it will be a huge task for his side to beat the best team in the world.
Bayer Leverkusen will face Barcelona in the knock-out stages of the UEFA Champions League with the first-leg of the clash set to take place at BayArena on Tuesday, February 14. Werkself is one of the two German teams to reach this
phase of the competition after Borussia Dortmund faced an early exit.
Dutt claimed that it would be a miracle if his side was able to down the reigning European champions in the two-legged clash as they are the best team in the world at the moment. He insisted that the Catalan side is even better
than the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 national side and it will be a tough battle.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Freiburg-c40462 manager added that his side will have to develop a tactical plan to stop the opposition midfield from creating chances and attacking on the counter would be the best option.
“I would be a miracle if we could beat Barcelona over two legs. Barca are better than the Spain national team. We will have to pay equal attention to every Barca player - even their substitutes are at international level,” he was
quoted as saying in an interview.
Dutt played down his side’s chances in the knock-out stage and claimed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 will return even stronger after their 3-2 defeat to Osasuna in the league this past weekend. He added that the Catalan giants very rarely drop
points in the Champions League and it will be a great experience for Leverkusen players to play against the best team in Europe.
“They sometimes drop a point or two in the league, but almost never in the Champions League,” he concluded.
Robin Dutt has been under scrutiny after the club’s poor run of form recently. However, Werkself have been impressive in Europe this season as they qualified from a tough group which had the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863.
The German outfit ended the group stage one point behind Chelsea and qualified for the next face of the competition.
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