Maxwell: "The Barça was a lesson of football for me"

In an interview conceded to the official web page of the PSG, Andrade Maxwell has desvelado that learnt a lot of to tactical level to the orders of Pep Guardiola in the FC Barcelona, team to the that arrived, according to his own words, "in a moment fantastic". "It was also a school to tactical level, arrived in a moment fantastic to sportive level", ensures. Now, in the rows of the Parisian group, has hopes to arrive very far this season in the Champions League and, if possible, do with the so longed for European title.

Also it has remembered the duel that kept the PSG against the FC Barcelona does two seasons in quarter-finals of the Champions, in which the French remained deleted. "In the Camp Nou showed that we were near to access to the semifinals. In this party, in my opinion, deserved to happen, but is complicated to win to the Barça to the counterattack. This year, the thing will be different, but have to show that we want to arrive far in this competition".

Three ex Barcelona in the PSG

Maxwell, Motta and Ibrahimovic are the three ex Barcelona that at present are a member of the rows of the PSG. Between the three accumulate until 20 titles with the Barça: 10 Maxwell, 5 Motta and 5 Ibrahimovic. Like curious data, the three footballers have played in the Inter of Milan. Ibrahimovic Was the leading centre that would culminate the achievement of the Six Glasses, contributing with a veintena of goals. Maxwell, instead, fichó by the Barcelona for suplir to Sylvinho and share the left defence with Éric Abidal. But the presence of Adriano, also in his position, subtracted him leadership. Thiago Motta, by his part, formed in the quarry and lived them of all the colours in the first team. After some years without collective successes, would touch the sky with the Champions of 2006, being an important footballer like half centre in the diagrams of Frank Rijkaard.