The Spanish club had players that could cause Juventus a lot of problems, said Pirlo despite the perceived fragility of Barcelona after three games without a victory writes in Marca.
“There are great players in Barcelona, despite some absences,” Pirlo added. “The keys for us will be desire and determination, it will be difficult, but beautiful.”
“For 15 years, Lionel Messi and Cristiano have done great things, for the first time I’ll be taking on Messi as a coach, and I’ll treat him with the enormous respect that he deserves.”
The production levels of the young stars Ansu Fati and Dejan Kulusevski are emerging as an interesting subplot to the imminent fixture.
“Kulusevski and Fati are two players with great prospects,” Pirlo said. “They play with the greatest players of their time, and they can learn a lot.”
“They’re different in their characteristics, we’re going to play with four in defense as it’s the only viable solution at this time, and in the middle, it’s going to be a challenge between two technical teams.”
