Abidal: "The Barça will have to leave the skin against the Athletic"

In some statements conceded during his visit to the Committee Organiser of the World-wide of Qatar 2022, Éric Abidal spoke on the situation that lives at present the FC Barcelona, no too entonado after the stop of selections, and ensured that the culés will have to leave the skin on the lawn in Vicente Calderón if they wish to follow advancing in the UEFA Champions League, where the Athletic of Madrid will compete until the last minute. In spite of everything, the French trusts that the Barça can enderezar the course.

"It goes to be a difficult party again, sure, and the team will have to give it all as it did in the Camp Nou. The Barça can not allow lose two parties followed, especially in front of the two clubs of Madrid. It was an important victory the one of the past week and now will have to be centred totally in winning the turn in field of the Athletic", manifested the ex player Frenchman.

Leo Messi chains four consecutive parties without marking, but Éric Abidal thinks that his contribution can be decisive in the turn of the quarter-finals of Champions League against the Athletic of Madrid. "Messi is a phenomenon, more than a phenomenon", commented. They asked him also by the most important moments that has lived along his sportive path, and answered in key blaugrana:

"The most important moments of my career were the first agreement that signed with the FC Barcelona, but especially the victory in the League of Champions in 2011 after a very complicated battle against a difficult illness. I remember the spirit of team that had, the value and the determination to win trophies", said Abidal. "Puyol And Guardiola said me that it joined me to the captains, that in this moment were Messi, Iniesta, Xavi and Víctor Valdés. It was a moment incredible", remembered.

It was a sportive victory, but also personal for an Abidal that finish to win to the cancer. "It did not go only the victory of Barcelona, but also of all the people that helped me, especially my woman, the family and all the fans of the Barcelona, and all the people that love the football". Simultaneously and to finalise, defended to Karim Benzema of the controversy that has moved him away of the French selection. 

"I do not have any preference between Benzema and Giroud, the two are good for the French team, each one with his strong points. It is a moment difficult for Benzema with the national team French, and Giroud is not playing a lot with the Arsenal. Benzema Will have to expect to the final decision by part of the trainer, but without place to doubts in my eleven initial would put Benzema like headline and as acting to Giroud ".