Barcelona's young coach Pep Guardiola is fully focused on tomorrow night's UEFA Super Cup final against Shakhtar Donetsk, which he believes will not be as easy as some believe.
"Shakhtar are a very difficult opponent," he told Sport.
"They are a team that know how to draw out the ball from the back, they have two good centre backs and are able to dominate games.
"Finals are always very difficult and here [at Stade Louis II in Monaco] we are playing a European champion," the coach explained, adding that if Barcelona don't play well, "it will be impossible to win".
Guardiola then warned his players that history was against them, as the Champions League winners didn't seem to take the competition as seriously as the UEFA Cup victors.
"We are going to play a match where the UEFA Cup winner has won seven times and the Champions League winner four times, so it's very difficult to win here.
"Those who win the Champions League seem to only come here to collect prizes and look at boats. We won't relax as we know it's very difficult to reach [the final]," he concluded.
"Shakhtar are a very difficult opponent," he told Sport.
"They are a team that know how to draw out the ball from the back, they have two good centre backs and are able to dominate games.
"Finals are always very difficult and here [at Stade Louis II in Monaco] we are playing a European champion," the coach explained, adding that if Barcelona don't play well, "it will be impossible to win".
Guardiola then warned his players that history was against them, as the Champions League winners didn't seem to take the competition as seriously as the UEFA Cup victors.
"We are going to play a match where the UEFA Cup winner has won seven times and the Champions League winner four times, so it's very difficult to win here.
"Those who win the Champions League seem to only come here to collect prizes and look at boats. We won't relax as we know it's very difficult to reach [the final]," he concluded.
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