“When you’re Barcelona, you always want to compete for the big prizes,” he said. “We are not among the favorites, but we can get far.” Barcelona reached the semi-final only once after the last victory of the Champions League five years ago. That would be an important reason for Lionel Messi to leave on a transfer-free basis at the end of the season.
“At the moment you might say that his performance could be better,” said Koeman about his 33-year-old captain who lost to Getafe with Barcelona last Saturday (0-1). “But if you see him every day, you see a happy football player who wants to play everything and wants to be the captain of his team. I have no complaints about his attitude. ”
The match against Ferencvaros comes four days before the loaded duel with Real Madrid in La Liga. But for Koeman now only applies to the Champions League. “We know it will not be an easy game for us. We will start with a strong team. Saturday’s game against Real is not important at the moment. There are no easy opponents in the Champions League. ”
Koeman misses goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jordi Alba and Samuel Umtiti against Ferencvaros.
