- Title: Barca prepare for Champions League clash against Moenchengladbach
- Date: 27th September 2016
- Summary: MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 27, 2016) (REUTERS) GOALKEEPER TER STEGEN ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GOALKEEPER, MARC-ANDRE TER STEGEN, SAYING ACCORDING TO SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION: "Yes, the game tomorrow is very important, but it is important for the whole team. We want to win. Although this game is very special to me that does not count in the stadium. I want to win 100 percent tomorrow." VARIOUS OF TRAINING SESSION (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GOALKEEPER, MARC-ANDRE TER STEGEN, SAYING ACCORDING TO SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION: "All games are difficult, we know that. Tomorrow is the next game, we don't know how Gladbach will get into the game yet. Every game is different and every game starts with 0:0. It does not matter if it is a different level of a game or not. All players have to give 100 percent and if we don't give everything, we won't win. We don't know what will happen tomorrow but I have great faith in our team." TRAINING SESSION IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, SAYING ACCORDING TO SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION: "Gladbach is a complicated, difficult team. Not only when they have the ball but especially when they don't have the ball. They put on a lot of pressure and it is not easy to keep the ball. We have to be focused and pay attention. They don't like to give the ball away so we have to pay attention and see what happens." VARIOUS OF TRAINING SESSION IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 12th October 2016 19:10
- Keywords: Champions League soccer Barcelona FC Barca Borussia Moenchengladbach Ter Stegen Luis Enrique
- Location: MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY
- City: MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA00151CD8HR
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- Story Text: Spanish champions Barcelona were preparing on Tuesday (September 27) for their Champions League group stage match against Moenchengladbach.
Barcelona will play on Wednesday (September 28) without Lionel Messi, who has been sidelined for three weeks with a groin injury. His absence was not a problem for the Spaniards on Saturday (September 24), as they fired five goals past Sporting Gijon in a show of force ahead of their second Group C match.
For Barca keeper Marc Andre ter Stegen Wednesday's match will be an emotional return to the club he left in 2014, but he said that would not affect his attitude on the pitch.
"Although this game is very special to me that does not count in the stadium. I want to win 100 percent tomorrow," Stegen told reporters.
Barcelona will need that focus if they are to get maximum points in Germany and snap Gladbach's 11-match winning streak at home in all competitions following their 2-0 victory over Ingolstadt at the weekend.
"Gladbach is a complicated, difficult team. Not only when they have the ball but especially when they don't have the ball. They put on a lot of pressure and it is not easy to keep the ball. We have to be focused and pay attention. They don't like to give the ball away so we have to pay attention and see what happens," Coach Luis Enrique said.
Gladbach Coach Andre Schubert will have Raffael back, the Brazilian having recovered from an adductor injury.
Fit-again creative midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud is also expected to be in the squad after playing against Ingolstadt, as Gladbach look to bounce back from their opening 4-0 defeat at Manchester City. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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