Barcelona achieved their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 4-1 total victory over Benfica, and they can now lean back and relax while they are preparing to find their opponents for the last eight of the competition, who will be one of Lille or Borussia Dortmund.
After the exit of Liverpool through the hands of Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, Barcelona is considered one of the favorites to win the Champions League, in which they last achieved success in 2015. They are also on the “easier” side of the draw, and this has been asked for their chances of his side.
On Wednesday, Barcelona will know if it will be Lille or Dortmund with which they are confronted in the quarterfinals, with their draw nice ready after a 1-1 draw in Germany last week. According to the sport, the majority of the first team team does not care about who they can face, because they believe they can beat someone, but there are some in higher positions that the situation approaches from a different perspective.
For some Barcelona officials, they would prefer Dortmund to Lille – despite the fact that the German side is considered much more to be a threat and have a larger European pedigree. However, it is precisely these reasons why some people prefer to be confronted with the Bundesliga giants.
There are fears from within Can Barca that there could be a sense of complacency if Barcelona could be confronted with Lille in the quarterfinals, where some believe that the side of Flick could even approach the encounters with a “relaxed” approach.
Moreover, there is conviction of individuals in Barcelona that Dortmund's playing style would suit them better – it is worth mentioning that the Catalans have already defeated them during the competition phase.
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