"Barcelona" sports director cautiously evaluates future opponents in the Champions League. © EuroFootball.com

Sports director Andoni Zubizarreta does not rush to celebrate the UEFA Champions League opponents revealed yesterday.

The draw resulted in the current holders of the most prestigious European club trophy being placed in Group H, where they will test their strength twice each against AC Milan, BATE Borisov, and Viktoria Plzen.

"A very diverse group," said Zubizaretta after the ceremony in Monaco. "Of course, we need to highlight the team of AC Milan. It is a very strong team, with Zlatan Ibrahimović among its ranks.

The other two teams from Belarus and the Czech Republic are not very familiar to us, but we will have time to analyze their style of play. It is obvious that we will face not only teams of different abilities but also teams promoting different styles of play.

"Many already see a clear difference in abilities, but it still needs to be proven on the field. I think that any match will require a lot of strength," carefully assessed one of the leaders of the Catalan club the opponents.