Friday, March 15, 2013

Main reaction to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw The reactions were more or less as expected since nobody would want to give anything away before the much anticipated quarter-finals.




Nyon, Switzerland: Here is the
main reaction to the Champions
League quarter-final draw, made at
UEFA headquarters in Nyon,
Switzerland, on Friday:
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN V
BARCELONA
"I think it's brilliant to play
Barcelona. I'm very happy but it'll
be very difficult... Barca have a lot
of experience, quality and
confidence but PSG have a chance
of going through. We'll have to
play the full 180 minutes."
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo
Ancelotti to television channel BeIn
Sport.
"It's the most difficult draw... And
I'm not only talking about their last
game (a 4-0 win against AC Milan
after being 2-0 down from the first
leg) but because of what they've
achieved in the last few seasons."
-- PSG sporting director Leonardo.
"We have just had an experience in
the last 16 which means we ought
to be prudent. PSG have very good
players with a lot of talent. They've
got experience and know how to
play these type of games. I'm sure
they'll fight to the end.
"They are very competitive and,
moreover, we will come up against
various players we know well."
-- Barcelona director of football
Andoni Zubizarreta to
fcbarcelona.com
"PSG is a very complete team, with
a lot of quality in every position.
Obviously, (former Barca forward
Zlatan) Ibrahimovic is one of their
better players and in the first-leg
they will lose some aerial power
without him.
"But they have signed many good
players iike (Javier) Pastore, Lucas
Moura, Thiago Silva, (Ezequiel)
Lavezzi, even now (David) Beckham.
We need to try and continue in the
same way we played against Milan."
-- Barcelona defender Jordi Alba
BAYERN MUNICH V JUVENTUS
"That's not a dream draw for us
because we have had some tough
games with Juventus in the past.
We'll have to have two good
performances to make the semi-
finals. A 1-0 or 2-0 in the first leg
would be ideal for us.
"Statistically we have not had good
experiences with Juventus. It will
be difficult and we will need to
have two good days against them
to reach the semis."
-- Bayern Munich chief executive
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"They have real calibre, Juventus
are a really tough opponent. I
know them very well, these will be
big nights. At the moment, they are
the best team in Italy, very strong
in defence and with plenty of
quality in attack.
"I don't put much importance on
the fact that we play them at home
first."
-- Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes.
"After so much suffering we're
finally back among Europe's elite
and for this we are happy and
proud.
"We'll be going into this tie with an
open mind and with humility but
knowing that we will be able to rely
on our own qualities."
-- Juventus director Pavel Nedved.
MALAGA V BORUSSIA DORTMUND
"We'll take that draw. It's better to
face Malaga than Barcelona, Real
Madrid or Bayern Munich."
-- Borussia Dortmund director of
sport Michael Zorc.
"There are no easy matches in the
quarter-finals. We'd never
underestimate Malaga, especially as
they knocked Porto out with a
mature performance. We haven't
lost any games in the Champions
League, I hope it stays that way.
"It's awesome we got that far,
anything else now is the icing on
the cake."
-- Dortmund chief executive Hans-
Joachim Watze.
"At this stage there are no easy
teams and Borussia Dortmund are
a team that are used to playing
these type of games but we will
continue with our hope intact and
we will have a great chance if we
compete as we have done up until
now.
"We have to have the upmost
respect for Borussia Dortmund.
They are a strong team that play
good football and we will need to
give 200 percent to get through the
tie."
-- Malaga forward Joaquin Sanchez
on malagacf.com
REAL MADRID V GALATASARY
"Galatasaray are a great team and
have fantastic fans so we are
expecting two tough matches.
"They have some great players like
(Wesley) Sneijder and (Didier)
Drogba but our objective is to win
that 10th European Cup. That is
our goal."
-- Former Real Madrid striker
Emilio Butragueno.
"Once you're in the quarter-finals,
all teams are strong. But Real
Madrid are above all teams. If you
raise your targets high, then you
need to rise to the challenge of
such teams.
"One of the teams to beat have
been drawn against us in this
round. I expect this match is going
to be followed by the entire
football community with great
excitement. We'll do our utmost to
be successful."
Galatasary vice-president Ali
Durust on uefa.com.

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