Hours before game, the declaration battle overflows. Shakhtar’s romanian coach, Mircea Lucescu also known as ”Il luce” tries to put fear in Europe’s titans, remark that Barca, Roma or Arsenal aren’t above his boys.
Being a favorite on qualifying in the first quarter of the League, over Roma, Lucescu puts aside modesty and insists on the belief that his team reached the giants Barcelona and Arsenal, the opponents in the other 8th scheduled tonight.
Lucescu said: “There is no team better than us, we lost to Arsenal 5-1 in the fall, but with unbelievable arbitration mistakes against us and the result did not reflect the physiognomy of the game. Two weeks later we dominated and won 2-1. As recently saw Arsenal beat Barcelona … And we’ve already defeated them on their stadium. ”
As a reply, Francesco Totti, AS Roma‘s captain, is convinced that his team can beat Shakhtar Donetsk, cancel the one-goal advantage and that may qualify in the Champions League quarterfinals “We know what to do to put Shakhtar in difficulty. Vicenzo Montella changed the system. We returned to a tactic that we know very well ” Totti said.
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After a lucky one this week with Lecce, with a goal in the 90th minute, Montella’s gladiators are facing another week with high expectations. Everything starts Tuesday, in the Champions League 16-ies, with the match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, followed shortly by the Rome derby against Lazio.
Josep Guardiola is still in hospital and will continue to receive treatment. He will spend the night at a local hospital before the press conference.
The Champions League fever is here again! Time flies with speed of light to face the second leg of the 16-ties. Starting Tuesday, 8th of March, the battle continues!