Domènec Torrent, against his past: “It’s a special game for us”

The Catalan coach of Galatasaray, Domènec Torrent, is not entirely happy about the draw due to the result of the draw. “It’s a special game for us. We work in Barcelona for a long time. Our goalkeeper coach worked in Barcelona for 22 years. I also worked there. It’s the team we support. It will be special, but we will defend ourselves and do the best we can.”Torrent said.

After a poor start to the season, Xavi Hernández’s team has begun to show the first signs of improvement in the second European competition. “Barcelona was the worst of the options in the draw. Lately they have improved a lot. Right now it is at a high level. He made important signings and they showed yesterday in the game against Napoli what they can do. We know the great quality they have”, the Galatasaray coach wanted to underline.

The manager of the Turkish club, Nihat Kirmizi, also appeared after the result of the draw and said that Galatasaray is not afraid and has already shown that it is capable of eliminating Barcelona: “We have faced and defeated Barcelona many times, and we want to beat them again.. He is definitely a very strong opponent. The name Barcelona is known all over the world. We think we’re going to get it.”

Kirmizi also acknowledged that they want to take advantage of the “advantage” that their current coach’s past as a Blaugrana means. “Torrent knows Barca very well and will prepare the team with many clues. Galatasaray is a team that has adopted the motto of fighting foreign teams. It is a team that has always fought well and brought the only trophy to Turkey,” Kirmizi said.