The FC Barcelona will seek to sustain the impressive winning pace it has shown since the beginning of the 2024/25 season, already accumulating five victories in five matches played. The Blaugrana team has achieved wins in LaLiga EA Sports against Valencia CF (1-2), Athletic Club (2-1), Rayo Vallecano (1-2), Real Valladolid (7-0), and Girona (1-4). Now, what will be the next challenge that the Barça squad must overcome to continue its excellent start to the campaign? Nothing more and nothing less than AS Monaco, a team that Barcelona holds a less favorable memory of.

It is worth noting that Barcelona recently faced the Monegasque team in a match corresponding to the Joan Gamper Trophy 2024/25, where Adi Hütter's side clearly outperformed Hansi Flick's team with a resounding 0-3 victory. This result raised doubts about the official start of the German's tenure as the coach of the Barcelona entity, doubts that have been decisively dispelled up to this day.

Adi Hütter spoke in the prelude to the duel between FC Barcelona and AS Monaco in the Champions League

In this regard, on the eve of this new showdown between FC Barcelona and AS Monaco, valid for matchday one of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25, which will take place this Thursday, September 19 at 21:00 at the Stade Louis II, the Monaco coach granted an interview to 'Agencia EFE', where he highlighted the potential significance of his team's victory over Barça in the Gamper as a wake-up call for the Blaugrana and to straighten their course, besides indicating that he plans to present a different tactical approach from the last encounter.

"I'm not going to reveal the tactic. What I can say is that it won't be a similar match. I think, in a way, it was good for Barcelona to lose that match. They now have five consecutive games scoring (...) and only four goals conceded,” commented Hütter.

In the same vein, the coach of AS Monaco asserted that he is not afraid to face the Blaugrana team, emphasizing the main strengths of FC Barcelona. "I fear no opponent, but I have a lot of respect for one of the greatest clubs in the world (...). Everyone knows Barcelona. They have Robert Lewandowski up front, whom I coincided with in the Bundesliga; Lamine Yamal, who scored two goals (on Sunday) with a tremendous left foot, a talented young player, a top player; Dani Olmo, whom I also know from the Bundesliga and is top, one of the best in Europe; also Raphinha,” he added.

The Austrian coach also explained his game plan to 'contain' Lamine Yamal

Finally, Hütter made it clear what his strategy will be to contain the new Blaugrana star, Lamine Yamal, who is having an exceptional season in offensive terms and is emerging as one of the key players in Barça's attack. "When I was a player, many of my coaches were in favor of marking opponents, even when they went to the bathroom (laughs). No, seriously, what we want is to contain him as a team, I'm not the type of coach who orders man-to-man marking,” he concluded.