Guardiola warns his FC Barcelona to be on alert

PanARMENIAN.Net - Josep Guardiola warned his FC Barcelona side to take no notice of FC Shakhtar Donetsk counterpart's Mircea Lucescu suggestion that "the tie is already decided" after the Spanish side won 5-1 at Camp Nou. It leaves the Pitmen with a massive hole to dig themselves out of in April 12 second leg to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, but Lucescu is determined to go down fighting.

“Don't believe [Mircea Lucescu] when he says the tie is over. I'm telling you: this isn't finished yet. We turned up at Real Betis [in the Copa del Rey] with a 5-0 lead and we suffered badly [losing 3-1]. I warned you all back then and I was accused of false modesty,” Guardiola said.

“We are a little short at the back as with the absences of Abidal and Puyol we're missing important players with pace and we need to replace that with other qualities. Having said that, the players at my disposal are physical animals and if there's one thing they know it's how to compete. We've had three games now where Leo [Messi] has been the determining factor without scoring; the match against Madrid, against Espanyol and now this one. He can win us games in many ways,” he said, UEFA.com reports.