Ancelotti admits it would be tough for Valverde to find space for Neymar

Ancelotti admits it would be tough for Valverde to find space for Neymar

Ancelotti, durante la rueda de prensa
Ancelotti, durante la rueda de prensa | sport

The Italian coach was asked about where he thought Neymar would fit in with this current Barça team

"If Neymar arrives it won't be easy to name a starting lineup. Valverde, that's true, is capable of solving that. He's done it really well in the past. They are all great strikers but I've always had the idea that winning is about the team and not one or five players. It would be important for all those champions to know how to play together," admitted Carlo Ancelotti.

The coach was speaking ahead of the second leg against FC Barcelona and he was asked whether he thought the LaLiga club would show the same level of intensity this time. "It'll be the same tomorrow. We liked the first game a lot. It might be harder the second time around because Barcelona will know us better but we'll try."

Ancelotti was asked about James Rodriguez joining Napoli this summer: "I don't want to talk about James today. You've caught me on a bad day."

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