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"Barcelona" coach Gerardo Martino showed journalists before the Champions League match against "Milan" that he not only knows how to calmly answer their questions, but also has the ability to irony.
The Catalan club, not very impressive on the field lately, has been receiving various critical comments, although they are at the top of the Spanish championship and occupy the first place in Group H in the Champions League tournament.
Meanwhile, future "Barcelona" opponent in Wednesday's match, "Milan", is in a much sadder situation. After 11 Serie A matches, the Lombardy team is in the 11th place in the league table, and the media constantly emphasizes that head coach Massimilliano Allgeri's position is not secure and the strategist could be fired.
Nevertheless, G. Martino is not inclined to underestimate the opponents before Wednesday's match.
"Well, 'Barcelona' is also going through a crisis, so our and 'Milan's' situations are similar. There's not much difference between the two teams, so they can be evaluated equally," - openly ironized the Argentine.
"Yet you created that crisis. I never talked about it," G. Martino addressed the journalists gathered at the press conference. - The media's language has long crossed all boundaries of reality. What matters most to me are my players and the decisions we make in the team's dressing room."
