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Luis Enrique sets sights on treble

Xinhua, June 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

FC Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said on Tuesday that the chance of winning a domestic and European treble was the main motivation for his side ahead of Saturday's Champions League final against Juventus.

Last weekend saw the Spanish BBVA Primera Liga Champions, add the King's Cup to their trophy haul with a 3-1 win at home to Athletic Club Bilbao and a win in Berlin would complete a historic season.

"More than winning the Champions League is the chance of winning the treble for a second time which excites us most," said Luis Enrique in his press conference in the club's press day ahead of the final.

However, Juventus are also looking for a treble after winning Serie A and the Italian Cup and the Italian side knocked Real Madrid out in the semi-finals.

"They are a team we have known about for a long time. They have had an exceptional season," said the Barca coach, who pointed out Juve had "won the league with ease, although they had more problems in the Cup."

"Everything about them worries me; they have a clear starting 11 with a lot of class and they have improved the way they play the ball out from the back. Alvaro Morata has given them extra power and quality and Carlos Tevez is their player with most quality, but we will try and make sure we don't see their strengths," he commented.

The Barca coach gave his recipe for success, which varies little from the game plan his side have followed all season. "We are going to try and have the ball as much as possible and look for spaces at time in the game, but we are going to try and have the ball and to pressure them, to be well balanced and well positioned," he explained.

The game will see the re-encounter between Luis Suarez and Juve defender Georgio Chiellini, a year after Suarez's bite at the Italian defender earned him a four month ban from football. Luis Enrique said that incident "was part of the past." Endite