Brest manager Eric Roy explains why his side face more difficult Barcelona clash

Brest manager Eric Roy has warned his players that they must be on high alert for a wounded beast when they face Barcelona in Montjuic on Tuesday evening. The French side will face Hansi Flick's team after only one point from the last two matches and poor performances in both matches.

The Brittany side have been the surprise package in the competition phase so far, with 10 points available so far. It's something Roy will try to use to their advantage.

“We are the surprise of the Champions League. We are now on the map. That is something to be proud of. In France no one was betting on us. We have silenced the critics. We have ten points. That takes a lot of pressure off us. We face a great challenge. It's the kind of thing that makes us pinch ourselves. I told the players that we have to keep believing in ourselves.”

“We hope to continue to show what we can do against Barcelona. We're going to take on the European bogeyman and now he's injured. We will need a lot of resilience, but whatever happens, we will come out on top. We don't come as if we were friends playing a game. We have nothing to lose.”

He noted that if they leaned back too much it would do them more harm than good.

“We want to cause trouble and put on a show. If we have the ball 20% of the time, it will be difficult to express ourselves. We don't want to be a reactive team. Maybe Barcelona forces us to do that, but our will is to create problems for them.”

Roy mentioned Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad as blueprints for the fight against the Blaugrana recipe, which until this month had looked more or less unstoppable.

“We watched the Celta and Real Sociedad games,” Roy explained to Diario AS, before addressing Barcelona's now infamous high line.

“They play very close to each other when they do push-ups. They want to win the ball back very quickly. We know how they play. But then you have to be very precise with your steps. They are very vertical and attack deep. If we cannot anticipate this, we will have problems.”

Roy also said that his side had already won the tactical battle but the game was not played there. They certainly go into the match with little to lose and everything to gain. Barcelona are one point behind Brest and will look to consolidate their place in the top eight and qualify for the Round of 16.