OLYMPIASTADION, Berlin — With four trophies split between them already this season, there is no shortage of confidence among either team ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final.
Having swept all before them in league and cups at domestic level this season, Barcelona and Juventus both arrived in Berlin this week looking to add the continental crown to their collection.For Barcelona, it would be a fourth Champions League title in the last decade; for Juventus, a first trip to the European summit since 1996. Either way, come Saturday’s end, one of the two sides will become just the eighth team in history to do the treble.
“Perfection,” Barcelona defender Gerard Pique reflected.
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) June 5, 2015If Saturday will see the decisive battle, then Friday was simply the phoney war, with players and coaches from both sides attempting to give away as little as possible ahead of the decisive match. After all, both teams are on the verge of making history, the sort of success that is not usually achieved by endlessly pontificating in front of the world’s assembled media.
“Yes, I have played many finals, but I think this is the most important one in my career to date,” Barcelona forward Neymar, whose answers rarely strayed from the head-slappingly obvious, said at one point. “It is the biggest match of my life.
“I hope we can finish our season tomorrow coming out of the stadium very happy. I am quite confident we can be victorious tomorrow.”
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