Barcelona Ready For Napoli Clash — Pique

By Daily Sports on February 25, 2020

Barcelona's players will not let the club's off-field problems affect them when they face Napoli away in Tuesday's Champions League round of 16 first leg tie, defender Gerard Pique said.

Barca fans waved handkerchiefs and called for club president Josep Maria Bartomeu to resign during Saturday's 5-0 La Liga win over Eibar after the club was embroiled in a scandal involving a firm hired to monitor coverage of the team on social media.

"I think this is being given too much importance," Pique told reporters. "We will concentrate on what we control, which is what happens on the pitch. The rest is noise and when the team is doing badly the noise is greater. But it's part of sport.

"The results are the important thing and they have kept this club going over the last few years. We know that the waters will not be calm if the results are not good. This match is too important to be thinking about other things."

Pique was also asked about Lionel Messi's interview with Mundo Deportivo last week when he said that Barcelona were not good enough to win the Champions League.

"In other years, we have reached this stage as favourites and haven't won," said Pique. "Maybe we aren't favourites this time but as we are Barcelona we always have possibilities." (Sky)

•PHOTO: Gerard Pique

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 25, 2020


 

You may also like...
Klopp And Liverpool Tactics The Best For Now,...

Man City Book UCL Second Round Place

Onyekuru Joins Monaco On A Five-Year Deal

NWF Passes Vote of Confidence on Igali

NFF, Nike Extend Contract

Nigeria may open Olympic Camp Apil 11

 

Latest News Osimhen sets Turkish transfer record, €70m above second Parker eyes Joshua rematch after Dubois bout Adesanya sends cryptic message to Boniface Oyome secures third consecutive IBB Ladies Open title African champion Opeyori sets sights on more titles Fasuba, Ogunkoya warn against over-reliance on NCAA athletes Nwaneri breaks Saka’s EPL record Seven potential additions to strengthen Eagles for W’Cup qualifiers Okocha remains Nigeria’s greatest player – actor Gavor Joshua backed to win another world title Foundation opens sports academy in Ogun UPDATED: Kenya, Ethiopia athletes win 2025 Lagos city marathon

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,302 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,448 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,478 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,117 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,078 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (44,065 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,876 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,432 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,521 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,176 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,618 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (39,042 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media