Barca 鈥榬eady for tactical鈥 surprises from Guardiola
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Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is ready for surprises when he faces Pep Guardiola鈥檚 Bayern Munich today in what he believes will be an open and attractive game.
The Catalan side enters the final stage of the season with a trophy treble in its sights but it must overcome a tough opponent in Bayern led by ex-coach Guardiola in a heavyweight Champions League semifinal.
Guardiola won three La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues during a golden spell as Barcelona coach from 2008 to 2012 and is an iconic figure at the club having come through the youth academy and developed into a fine player.
Luis Enrique and Guardiola are good friends from playing together at the Nou Camp and for the Spanish national team and are keen tacticians who like playing passing football.
After making a slow start to the season, Barcelona is now in ominous form with an attacking trident of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez who have scored 108 goals in all competitions.
鈥淗aving seen Bayern and knowing Pep, there could well be changes and surprises which can make things complicated for us,鈥 Luis Enrique said yesterday. 鈥淒uring the season, though, we have been overcoming problems that the opposition have thrown at us and even though it is Bayern and Pep, we will try and do the same again.
鈥淚 believe it will be one of the most attractive games that you will be able to see in Europe.鈥
Guardiola was a mentor for Messi who is poised to play his 100th European game, with 96 Champions League appearances and three European Super Cup matches.
鈥淗e knows us very well and we had some great times winning titles and he also knows the new players as he studies the game a lot,鈥 Messi said. 鈥淚 try and take advantage of what I have learnt from when I start in the first team. When I was with Guardiola I learnt a lot.鈥
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