Philippe Coutinho: I'm dying to play in the Copa final
The Brazilian spoke to the club's television channel ahead of the game
Philippe Coutinho, Barcelona's Brazilian playmaker, is ready for his first big final with the club. After nearly four months in Catalonia, he's set to feature in a final for the first time. Coutinho is likely to start against Sevilla on Saturday in the Copa del Rey final at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid.
Coutinho spoke to Barca TV before the game. "I'm a little bit anxious," he said. "To arrive here and play a final three months later is a very happy moment, and an important one. Anxiety arrives, there's a couple of days to go before the game and you start to think about it.
"It will be a difficult final, we have to be prepared to acheive our objectives. I arrived here with a lot of enthusiasm to play in finals, to win titles and this is the first opportunity. On what depends on me, I'll do everything possible so that we can have a great game."
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On Sevilla, he added: "We know the quality they have, we played them a few weeks ago and know how they play but we have to think about ourselves, how to play, how to behave on the pitch and to have a good game."
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