Nabil Fekir is one of Olympique de Lyon's star men and hopes they will be able to see off FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League. The French midfielder has recovered recently from a minor injury and, after missing the first leg through suspension, is aiming to be 100% for the return leg at the Camp Nou next week.
"We believe we can win but we know it'll be a difficult match. We know their strengths but we'll give it everything. Before that we have a match against Strasbourg. It was frustrating not being able to play in the first match due to my suspension," Fekir said following the victory over Toulouse.
Lyon responded well after a surprise 2-0 to Monaco by beating Toulouse 5-1. "We played well. We were anxious to respond after a poor result in Monaco, it's good for our confidence. Especially ahead of the match against Barcelona."
The four danger men in Lyon's attack: Depay, Fekir, Dembélé and Traoré scored at the weekend.
Lyon play Strasbourg on Saturday ahead of their trip to Spain. Barça meanwhile have a midweek fixture against Girona in the Supercopa de Catalunya before facing Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
Longlife2000
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stop dreaming kid...if you don't know ask City what happens to them when they came to Camp Nou. ...more than 3 years Barcelona has never lost a champions league match at the Comp Nou and if you think it's an easy place to go wait until you get there you will know that you are playing on a different field
cidinu
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Barcelona suffered 3-0 to Roma bc during that period we had a lot of fringe players-Vidal( the guy we sold to may be to sevilla) ,Gomez( Everton),Delofeu,and ousman Ndembele was struggling for adaptation ,and no coutihno,but all those fringe players r gone now bro: we signed Arthur, Lenglet,and Ndembele is fully in control and Iniesta was even old but now we got quality, During the first leg Arthur was not even there to give the balance in the midfield, but he is Back,Barcelona is going to SUFFOCATE Lyon,that I assure u,Barcelona is strong at all levels: defensively, in the midfield, and attack and got quality bench
HalaHussein007
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You are talking with a world cup winner and the best player and captain of his team. With him, and you can check the stats, Lyon are much better than the last time he didnt play. I advise you to take his words seriously. You never know.....
mahesh_gora
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i believe i can be president of America tomorrow.