Jordi Alba: "Ibrahimovic is one of the best and PSG will miss him"

Barcelona defender Jordi Alba believes that Paris Saint Germain will miss the suspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals and said the French side "will not pose the same aerial threat" without the Swede. Alba thinks Ibrahimovic is "a great player", but still believes PSG "is a very complete team all over the pitch, with very good forwards (mentioning Javier Pastore and Ezequiel Lavezzi), and fast players like Lucas Moura, which make the team dangerous on the counter-attack".

The Barcelona squad watched the live Champions League draw after their training session this morning on a TV which was specially installed for the occasion in the changing rooms at the club’s training facilities.

Alba said that he and his teammates had no preferences in terms of their opponents in the quarter-final tie because "all the games are difficult at this stage". However, the Barça left-back does believe playing the return leg at the Camp Nou will favour his side.