Sebastian Kehl, Sports Director of Borussia Dortmund, it is clear that the success of his team against Barça in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, whose first leg is played on Wednesday in Montjuïc (21 hours, Movistar Champions League), goes through daring.
“We will have to be brave and have possession phases so as not to give FC Barcelona too much space. They will play a dominant football and mark an incredible amount of goals. By the way, we have also done it in the Champions League. They have the top scorer of the Champions League, Raphinhabut we have the second top scorer, Serhou (Guirassy)with us. We are aware of the strengths of Barcelona, but we will continue to create opportunities to change the game over and over again. Barcelona plays with a very advanced defense. They will offer spaces and we will try to attack them”he explained.
The eccentrocampist does not believe that Barça affects not playing in the Camp Nou: “I think that FC Barcelona has long been accustomed to this Olimpic stadium and has played very good matches there. The environment may be different. However, we don’t care where we play. We know that it will warm up and we know they are a great team. But we have to provide this party with adequate attitude and intensity. I can only say that we all want a lot and I hope this illusion translates into passion too”.
He recalled on December 12 in the ‘Liga Phase’ in Dortmund without giving him too much importance: “Barcelona has incredible strength and many players that make a difference. They demonstrated, among others, in the league phase party. In the end we lost that game, although at least we were at its level in the second period and we could have turned the game around. All these moments will give us hope for both games, but they are qualifying and are slightly different from a league phase match”.
About the field factor he considered that “Barcelona, of course, will try everything tomorrow to get in a very good position. Because they know how the game could be against us next week. We have repeatedly demonstrated that we can overcome. But first of all, we need a great performance tomorrow and also a good result”.
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Finally, he regretted the last minute injury of Nico Schlotterbeck: “It has been a real shock for us. The operation, carried out last night, means that it will be on two months, approximately half a year. That is the current forecast. But one thing is clear: Nico will have all our support. He is a very important player for us. We will miss it in the coming weeks and we will need it as soon as it returns. This, of course, will have an impact on tomorrow’s game and in the coming weeks. Nico is also sad, just like us; It is a loss that weighs us a lot. But tomorrow we will do our best to give him a little joy in front of the TV”.
