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06.04.2009 18:26

Hleb: “We need to concentrate”

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Alexander Hleb is one of the FC Barcelona players that knows the most about Bayern Munich, and has warned that “we have to concentrate, but we’ll give it everything we have”.

Before playing in England, the Belarusian spent five years wearing the Stuttgart shirt, so he knows all about the Bundesliga and Bayern Munich, a team that “can make Barça suffer”.

Main qualities

“They have great players like Ribéry, Luca Toni and Lahm. Bayern are dangerous from free kicks and corners”. But he also added that “Barça is Barça and we have to make sure they don’t cause us any problems”.

Keys to a good game

The Barça player has no doubts that “Bayern are a good team and we’ll need to concentrate”. To do that, Hleb feels they have to stay faithful to their style of football. “We have to play the game our way, one and two touch football. If we play like that, we’ll make it difficult for them”.

Good result at home

In a two-legged fixture its is always important to avoid letting in goals at home, so Hleb knows the defence will have to do their job well against Bayern: “It is important for the defence to concentrate. It is better to draw 0-0 than to win 2-1”.

Hleb and Lahm

Lahm played alongside Hleb when the two were both on Stuttgart’s books, so the Belarusian knows just what a talented player the Bavarian is, and said today that “he is very good, very skilful, very technical, he has a good shot and reads the game well. He’s a superb player and I think he’s a danger we have to take into account”.