The Blaugrana travel to Italy to face Inter Milan on Tuesday in a crucial Champions League group stage matchup at San Siro.
Despite Inter’s recent struggles, Barcelona coach Xavi isn’t taking anything for granted as his team prepares to face Inter in the Champions League.
The two teams are tied for third place in Group C with three points after losing to Bayern Munich, making Tuesday’s match-up crucial in determining who advances from the group stage.
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Barcelona manager Xavi commented on the Nerazzurri’s recent loss to Roma before his team’s Champions League matchup versus Inter.
The Spanish specialist admitted he watched the Giallorossi’s 2-1 victory over Inter on Saturday at the San Siro, but he thinks Simone Inzaghi’s team was unlucky.
“Inter are a tough opponent, defensively strong, even though they aren’t in the best of form at present. This means they will start very motivated,” stated Xavi.
“However, we will try to gain control and create play. I don’t want to change the style that has improved us, but I do want to adapt to the opponent to obtain more control.”
“And we do that to show more character. That’s our DNA. We want to control the game and have the ball”,He added.
“But the Nerazzurri utilise a different formation than the team’s we’ve faced this season.
“If they play with two strikers, we will have a defender left over which means we can strengthen the midfield, like we did against Real Sociedad.”
“They’re a difficult opponent. They played well against Roma and deserved to win. We’re going to have to prove that we’re Barcelona and achieve a result.”
“We have to repeat the performance we had in Munich, but this time with a result.”
“It looks like it’s going to be [key] because we both lost to Bayern. We can’t fail now.”
“We’re coming off a match where we didn’t score in Munich. It’s time for us to perform in this competition.”
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Xavi Hernández has called up the following 21 players for Tuesday’s clash against Inter Milan.
Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 26. Iñaki Peña, 36. Arnau Tenas
Defenders: 3. Gerard Piqué, 15. Andreas Christensen, 17. Marcos Alonso, 18. Jordi Alba, 24. Eric García, 28. Alejandro Balde
Midfielders: 5. Sergio Busquets, 8. Pedri, 19. Franck Kessie, 20. Sergi Roberto, 29. Marc Casadó, 30. Gavi, 32. Pablo Torre
Forwards: 7. Ousmane Dembélé, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Ansu Fati, 11. Ferran Torres, 22. Raphinha
Townflex Sport Predicted Barcelona’s starting XI against Inter (4-3-3):
Ter Stegen; Roberto, Christensen, Eric, Alonso; Gavi, Busquets, Pedri; Dembélé, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
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