The Spanish champions, who lost to Real Madrid in last season's final, will travel to Bayer Leverkusen for the first leg of their last-16 clash on Wednesday evening.

"The group is strong and prepared. After months of waiting for this game we know how important it is," he told AS.

"We had a great Champions League last year and we want this year to be good too. There are no easy games though and I'm sure we'll experience suffering .

"What matters are the teams [not Leverkusen's individual qualities]. They have great set pieces, attack with a lot of numbers and they are dangerous in transitions."

Leverkusen have never won a last-16 match in the Champions League, with their 2002 final appearance occurring when the second group stage was still in use.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	8	7	0	1	25	9	16	21
2	Real Madrid	8	5	3	0	17	6	11	18
3	Villarreal	8	5	2	1	17	15	2	17
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	8	4	4	0	12	4	8	16
5	Osasuna	9	4	3	2	13	14	-1	15
6	Athletic Bilbao	8	4	2	2	12	8	4	14
7	Mallorca	9	4	2	3	9	8	1	14
8	Rayo Vallecano	9	3	4	2	11	9	2	13
9	Celta Vigo	9	4	1	4	16	15	1	13
10	Real Betis Betis	8	3	3	2	8	7	1	12
11	Alaves Alaves	8	3	1	4	11	12	-1	10
12	Espanyol	9	3	1	5	9	13	-4	10
13	Girona Girona	8	2	3	3	9	11	-2	9
14	Sevilla	8	2	3	3	8	10	-2	9
15	Real Sociedad	8	2	2	4	6	7	-1	8
16	Getafe	9	1	5	3	6	7	-1	8
17	Leganes	9	1	5	3	5	9	-4	8
18	Valencia	9	1	3	5	5	13	-8	6
19	Real Valladolid Valladolid	9	1	2	6	5	19	-14	5
20	Las Palmas Las Palmas	9	0	3	6	9	17	-8	3

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