Victor Valdés is in a purple patch at the moment and has set a personal clean sheet record of 492 minutes. He is expecting a dangerous Bayern Munich next Tuesday whose fans will still be looking to reach the semi-finals.
Against Recreativo, Víctor Valdés kept his fifth clean sheet in a row to total 492 minutes.
He’s also beaten his personal best of 453 minutes. Barça’s keeper says the reason for
this is the quality of the players in front of him and using the team’s system properly:
“To a great extent it’s because of the good players we have at the back, who I think
are the best in the world, and the system we have under which the strikers put pressure on too.
Everyone gets involved in defending.”
Munich still dangerous
In spite of the good first leg result (4-0), Barça is not counting its chickens prior to
going to the Allianz Arena. “The Germans keep battling right to the end and Bayern will make
it hard for us,” said Valdés. “They’ll be dangerous and their fans will be
looking to get through to the semi-finals.”
Sticking to attacking style
“Here at Barcelona we play in our own style and that doesn’t
involve parking the bus at the back,” said Valdés when asked about the approach the team will
take on Tuesday in Munich. “We’ll do what we’ve done up until now, attack from
the word go.” Barça’s keeper says the team is going to Munich in good spirits with a
great opportunity to win the Champions League again.
“I hope we can win the League”
Valdés isn’t that concerned about what Real Madrid does against Valladolid this Sunday,
as he is more interested in his team’s game and options. “I hope we can win the
League,” he commented. “Luckily we’re in the lead and we shouldn’t look at
what the other teams do.”
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No comment on contract renewal
Víctor Valdés’s contract renewal has been quite a topic of discussion over recent weeks. The
player refused to comment on the issue as he’s tried to stay apart from a topic that
“too much has been said about”. Nonetheless, he did say that he would like to end his
playing days at Barcelona.