translated from Spanish: Champions-Frenkie de Jong: “I don’t care who’s favourite, we have confidence”

The Dutch midfielder of FC Barcelona Frenkie de Jong highlighted the “confidence” in the team in the top of the Champions League event in Lisbon, where they will face a Bayern Munich as favourite on Friday.” I don’t care who’s favorite. Bayern are a great team, but we’ll see what happens. After the match we will see who is better,” he said on Wednesday in an interview with beIn USA, to discuss the quarter-final crossing against a Bayern who has not lost a match in 2020.The 7-1 who endorsed Chelsea in the eighth round or the level of play demonstrated in recent months, despite the arrest for confinement , put Bayern above Barca in the betting. “We are one of the favorites because Barca always is. But there are several teams that can win the Champions League,” he said. The team has a lot of confidence towards Lisbon, we are one of the best teams in the world with great players. We have very positive energies and we are very good as a team,” Arturo Vidal’s teammate added, before valuing the victory over Napoli in the previous round.” It was a good match, we made a good match as a team and we won against a complicated opponent. We got a good result in the first half and that made us calmer in the second,” he said. De Jong was the best against the Italians, on his return after injury, and he aims to remain in the middle of the field against Bayern. “We have a great team and in the middle of the field we have a lot of good players. I have no problem playing with any of them. Sergio Busquets has helped me a lot, especially at the beginning. Not only talking about football, but also about life, telling me club stuff. I have a very good relationship with all the colleagues,” he explained. Riqui has done very well this season, has a great talent and skill, he is a great player and trained in the farmhouse,” he added, speaking of a future partner also in that position as Pjanic, signed by Juventus. “Pjanic is a great player and with a lot of quality with the ball. I played last season against him. It will make the team stronger,” he confessed. It’s been a tough season. It is important to do self-criticism to improve as a team. We’ve changed coaches, a lot has happened. But we will try to make a grand finish by winning the Champions League,” he finished.

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