Barcelona boss, Ernesto Valverde has revealed that his boys are focusing on the La Liga than the UCL, because the Champions League competition can betray you in few minutes.
Barca are 10 points clear of second place Atletico Madrid, whom they are set to face on Saturday, and begin their Champions League quarterfinal tie with Manchester United on April 10.
Ernesto said, “Historically when Barca have won the Champions League, they’ve won La Liga too,”
“I know that’s a competition which the fans love, the players and everyone, but the Champions League can betray you in any game, in 15 bad minutes.
“By contrast, in La Liga, you judge yourself from the first minute to the last of the season. It’s our bread and butter, it’s how you judge yourself each week.”
“There are nine games to go and if we win six, we are champions,” Valverde said. “In the final games of the season the teams at the bottom always take a lot of points.
“We don’t have to look further than the games this week, Celta, Huesca, Rayo, they’re all going to do everything they can and we must be prepared for these type of games.”
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