Barcelona, Valverde: "We are not yet qualified for the semifinals. Overconfidence could cost us dearly."
Barcelona have a commanding lead going into the second leg against Roma tomorrow, and manager Ernesto Valverde spoke to reports at his press conference about the Blaugrana keeping their feet on the ground: "We don't think that we already in the semfinals. I expect the same match as the first leg, I think they will have even more intensity. We will need to have a strong match, in rhythm, in order to advance. How do you approach a match with this sort of advantage? You don't think that you have already won. We have an advantage but we can't play thinking about that. Anything can happen in a match. One play, a red card... I have been in football for a long time and the extraordinary can happen. Overconfidence can cost us dearly. Who will play? We must wait for training to evaluate everyone's condition. Roma to cage Messi? Every team uses tactics to try and make the other team's best play poorly. It is normal that for us they are concentrated on Messi. They did well in the first leg but he is great and makes the difference when we need it. We have not won anything, we are on course for all three trophies, but we must continue to do well. Thinking one match at a time."