[CL] JUVENTUS 1-3 Barcelona (June 6th, 2015) (25 Viewers)
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I'm always naturally pessimistic on these occasions, I suppose it is a self defence mechanism so I don't get too downbeat if the worst happens.
I just don't want us to get embarrassed, which there is always an outside chance of happening against a team like that, if players either get injured or heads drop or the ref kills us, whatever. I think our team is too good for that to happen, I have a lot of confidence in this team because we've been through tough spells in games and are getting it done, now in knock out competitions as well. Winning over and over breeds confidence and naturally leads to moments like this. We have experience in coming back from setbacks, we are mentally tough and bounce back straight away. That will probably need to happen tomorrow at some point.
They have a special player and a video game front line so we will be under immense pressure defensively, but finals are even weirder than regular knock out games. We've yet to see Barcelona with a game getting away from them. I have confidence in our team defence, in our mentally tough individuals, and we have the pace and quality to hurt any team, especially on the counter attack.
It's easy to predict a Barcelona victory because they look like a team who don't just have great players but a similarly strong winning habit and belief, they don't just rely on a style and solely technique any more, but it's one game and of course we can win it. I just don't know yet how the cards are going to fall. I can see literally every scenario happening, but I think if we are to win we need a good start to the game.
I just don't want us to get embarrassed, which there is always an outside chance of happening against a team like that, if players either get injured or heads drop or the ref kills us, whatever. I think our team is too good for that to happen, I have a lot of confidence in this team because we've been through tough spells in games and are getting it done, now in knock out competitions as well. Winning over and over breeds confidence and naturally leads to moments like this. We have experience in coming back from setbacks, we are mentally tough and bounce back straight away. That will probably need to happen tomorrow at some point.
They have a special player and a video game front line so we will be under immense pressure defensively, but finals are even weirder than regular knock out games. We've yet to see Barcelona with a game getting away from them. I have confidence in our team defence, in our mentally tough individuals, and we have the pace and quality to hurt any team, especially on the counter attack.
It's easy to predict a Barcelona victory because they look like a team who don't just have great players but a similarly strong winning habit and belief, they don't just rely on a style and solely technique any more, but it's one game and of course we can win it. I just don't know yet how the cards are going to fall. I can see literally every scenario happening, but I think if we are to win we need a good start to the game.
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