Laporta: Barcelona vs. Paris is one of the best matches in the Champions League, but unfortunately it failed to achieve last year

This Thursday, Barcelona will play against Paris Saint-Germain at home in the Champions League stage. President Laporta was interviewed by "The World" before having dinner with Paris Saint-Germain's management.

Laporta said: "Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain is one of the best matches in the Champions League, and we wanted to see this last year but it failed to come true. I hope it will be a great football match and we can win."

Speaking of Barcelona's battle for the Champions League, as Frick said, Laporta commented: "If Frick said that, you can imagine how happy I was. Because he saw the team at a high level, I like that our coaches are confident in their team and think we have a great chance to achieve good results in the Champions League. Hopefully his statement comes true, and he said that because he saw that."

Laporta also mentioned that he had hoped to play against Paris Saint-Germain in the last Champions League final: "That should have been the most exciting game last season, but it was not achieved because we didn't make it to the final. Also, they beat us here, when Araujo was sent off. Luis Enrique is a coach loved by Barcelona fans and we love him very much."

Laporta also revealed that the club joined the Xana Foundation project supported by Paris Saint-Germain: "Barcelona is willing to contribute to the Xana Foundation, and I think we should do this for Luis Enrique and his daughter and everything the foundation is doing. . ”

Laporta emphasized the importance of the game: “This is a high-level competition, we have a very competitive team, just like Paris Saint-Germain. Both teams have some regrets injuries, and I originally hoped everyone could play, but it was not an excuse.”

Regarding Frick's warning to Yamal at the press conference, Laporta chose not to comment, but praised the entire team: “I don't comment on this issue, we have a very competitive team, and every player is excellent. We have a talented player like Yamal, and a magical player like Pedri, but the key is the entire team, today The key to Barcelona is this team of many great players. "

Finally, he also talked about the prosecutor's lawsuit against former chairman Bartomeu and his board of directors on the payment of commissions for Griezmann and Malcolm's transfers, and tried to clarify the position: "In the face of the police's request that there were some opaque operations, we conducted a forensic investigation and submitted all these cases to the Procuratorate. I did not file any charges against Bartomeu, nor did Barcelona, ​​which was the allegation raised by the Procuratorate based on possible signs of crime or things that need to be investigated for clarification. The case has been declassified now, but we have no more information than media reports."