Gabriel Fernández Arenas, Gabi, was in the press room of the sports city of Majadahonda to discuss what Atletico Madrid will need to do to beat a major rival such as Barcelona. The captain is one of the stalwarts of the team and see Wednesday's game as a challenge: "We’re going to have a go, is a very important title for us. The favourites are Barcelona for their power, but we have our weapons."

Being 2 legs, it is vital to a great game on Wednesday. We play at home so we will have extra help: "I think the first game is where we must seize every opportunity, close tightly and from there if we win the match at the Camp Nou we can close it out," mused the captain, who is not afraid of the level shown by the Barca team against Levante yesterday:" The 7-0 commands respect. They have eleven players plus another 11 potential starters on the bench, but we know what we have and we will take it to them."

Gabi also gave his opinion on key players in our squad like Koke and Óliver: "Koke and is very important to us and continue as before giving us a lot and his inclusion in the national squad says a lot. With Oliver it’s the same, we’ll gie him more minutes, we should exempt him from responsibility and let him grow. He will be a world class player" and also the top scorer of the Spanish team, David Villa:" Villa has come in very hungry, I saw yesterday, for the special will to face his former club, he has returned to fitness and will do well".

He concluded by talking about the great challenge facing our club this season in the UEFA Champions League: "We know that the Champions League in not the Europa League but we will fight and we're here to move forward, with the union of the group".