Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola’s views differ from those of Cruyff. Whether it's mind games or he genuinely means it, he stated that he believes that Arsenal is the more worrisome team. He also says that the Gunner’s style of football is very similar to that of Barcelona.
Barcelona and Arsenal do share that smooth passing game, that silky, “sexy” football that we all crave, but whether that would be enough to go to a Champion’s League final and win, is a test that both Arsenal and Barcelona will be put through. Liverpool F.C. are specialists on Europe’s biggest stage and if they have taught us anything, it’s that saviour Rafa Benitez can make any group of players into a Champions League machine, as the squad had a change of personnel almost every season and yet managed to reach the semi-finals, if not the finals, each time around.
Either way, there will be a lot to prove for many teams, be it the players from Barca, who can give their ever-demanding fans a double, if not the treble, this season, or Arsenal, whose coach still stands by the fact that his players are mature enough and do have what it takes to go all the way. Either way you look at it, we have a long and exciting road of Champions League mania ahead of us!
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