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Gerard Pique Hoping Barcelona Fans Make Inter 'Hate Football' For 90 Minutes
Pique dreaming of the final at the Bernabeu in May...
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Apr 26, 2010 10:41:00 PM
By Paul Madden
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has declared that he wants Inter to "hate the profession of football" for 90 minutes at Camp Nou on Wednesday night.
The Catalan outfit go into the second leg of the UEFA Champions League final looking to overturn a two goal deficit to book their place in the final of the competition for the second successive season and Pique wants the fans to make the atmosphere at their home stadium unbearable for the Italian visitors.
"I want a Camp Nou that has never been seen before seen, a Camp Nou in which there is not one vacant seat. So when the Inter players enter the field they hate the profession of football for 90 minutes," Pique told a press conference.
"That kind of atmosphere is very good if taken responsibly and with a calm mind. The fans can be animated but we need to assess the whole environment and not get carried away with anxiety."
Pique also noted that the Camp Nou surface will allow his team to play their passing game more so than the Giuseppe Meazza and noted that Jose Mourinho's influence stops when the game begins.
"The Nou Camp is bigger, the grass is shorter and watered, the ball will go faster and it will take more to stop us. Once the game begins, Mourinho is on the bench and can do nothing because we play eleven against eleven," he remarked before revealing that he has extra support this week in pursuit of a realisable dream.
"My parents and my brother asked me for one of my shirts to wear to the game, something they have not done before. So they all come to encourage Barca with the number 3 shirt.
"I have dreamed of qualifying. It's not a miracle but a dream. I've had many, and fortunately I have been able to achieve them."
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The Catalan outfit go into the second leg of the UEFA Champions League final looking to overturn a two goal deficit to book their place in the final of the competition for the second successive season and Pique wants the fans to make the atmosphere at their home stadium unbearable for the Italian visitors.
"I want a Camp Nou that has never been seen before seen, a Camp Nou in which there is not one vacant seat. So when the Inter players enter the field they hate the profession of football for 90 minutes," Pique told a press conference.
"That kind of atmosphere is very good if taken responsibly and with a calm mind. The fans can be animated but we need to assess the whole environment and not get carried away with anxiety."
Pique also noted that the Camp Nou surface will allow his team to play their passing game more so than the Giuseppe Meazza and noted that Jose Mourinho's influence stops when the game begins.
"The Nou Camp is bigger, the grass is shorter and watered, the ball will go faster and it will take more to stop us. Once the game begins, Mourinho is on the bench and can do nothing because we play eleven against eleven," he remarked before revealing that he has extra support this week in pursuit of a realisable dream.
"My parents and my brother asked me for one of my shirts to wear to the game, something they have not done before. So they all come to encourage Barca with the number 3 shirt.
"I have dreamed of qualifying. It's not a miracle but a dream. I've had many, and fortunately I have been able to achieve them."
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