Barcelona left this past weekend with an impressive La Liga victory in the all-important “el Clasico” game against Real Madrid, resulting in a 4-0 win for Luis Enrique and his team.
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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates scoring the fifth goal for Barcelona with Neymar and Luis Suarez.
Barcelona’s Gerard Pique scores the fourth goal past AS Roma’s goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Garcia’s men have the benefit of having claimed a 1-1 home draw with Barca in their Group E opener, but Luis Enrique’s team have kicked on to find imperious form since then.
The midfielder, who came through the youth ranks at Barcelona, has featured in every one of their Champions League games so far this season, helping them secure qualification for the Last 16 with a match to spare.
He added: “Those games have served to get three points in the league and three points to ensure we finish top of our Champions League group – but not much more really”. “That Barca are interested in our players obviously pleases us, but they’re not for sale”. He will likely start against Roma and will look to get back on track after missing time.
“We are at a very good level but there is still a long way to go before the decisive phase of each competition”.
Roma will still go through if they beat BATE Borisov or even get a draw if Bayer Leverkusen fail to beat Barcelona. “If we want to keep our destiny in our own hands, we have to win here, although not many teams have done that these last few years”, said Garcia at Monday’s pre-match press conference. “They’re the strongest side in the world, but we managed to produce something of an exploit against them at the Stadio Olimpico”, Florenzi told Corriere dello Sport.
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One of the keys to Barca’s success was the “very good atmosphere” among the players, Messi said. At times we’ve been critical of the manager because he started to do unusual things.
