They also had their third attempt in Barcelona. Koeman: We play for our lives – ŠPORT.sk

Coach Roland Koeman’s charges defeated the Ukrainian Dynamo Kiev 1-0 in the home environment with a goal from tracker Gerard Piqué and stayed in the game to advance to the eight-final play-off. After losing 0: 3 to Bayern Munich and Benfica, Lisbon was in real danger that, for the first time since the 2000/2001 season, they would not be among the elite sixteen clubs. However, on Wednesday evening, they threatened the threat at Camp Nou.

“After the first two duels in the group, we didn’t even have a point and a goal scored, so the victory over Kiev is very important. It increased our chances of being among the advancing teams after the group part,” evaluated after the fight Piqué. He scored the sixteenth goal in LM after a pass from Jordi Albu and in the direction he reached the leader of statistics Robert Carlos in this direction, after 15 accurate hits Sergio Ramos and Iván Helguera have on their account.

“He shoots a lot of goals for the defender. I gave him a nice ‘caramel’ there today. I told him he had to thank me for it … As a little boy, he liked to go ahead and play as a striker, so he’s good at finishing.” Jordi Alba noted with a smile. Thirty-four-year-old Piqué also became the oldest football player on Wednesday, scoring in the Champions League for FC Barcelona. Since 2008, he has been Sylvinho, who then scored against Donetsk and was 19 days younger than Piqué now.

In the table of the E-group, the Catalans are continuously third with the gain of three points. The German Bayern Munich is leading, who has not hesitated yet, because on Wednesday he defeated the Portuguese Benfica Lisbon 4: 0. She is currently second with four points.

Before the duel against the Kievans, Barcelona had a formidable balance in LM – five duels without a victory and three home losses. “We can’t throw away so many chances to score, we’re playing for our lives. We have to shoot more goals.” coach Koeman remarked.

His counterpart Mircea Lucescu thinks that the home team has deservedly won: “They surpassed us thanks to their experience and aggression in attacking. We made several mistakes in our half and they helped the home team to a chance.” Another extremely important duel awaits FC Barcelona during the coming weekend, when Real Madrid’s biggest rival hosts La Nou in the La Camp.