{"id":366193,"date":"2011-04-04T18:02:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/johan-cruyff-unsure-whether-barcelona-will-eliminate-shakhtar-donetsk\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T18:02:14","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:02:14","slug":"johan-cruyff-unsure-whether-barcelona-will-eliminate-shakhtar-donetsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/johan-cruyff-unsure-whether-barcelona-will-eliminate-shakhtar-donetsk\/","title":{"rendered":"Johan Cruyff Unsure Whether Barcelona Will Eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> Many are already dreaming of a Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Real Madrid, but Blaugrana icon Johan Cruyff has voiced his opinion that a clash between the two Spanish giants is not a certainty.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman doesn&#8217;t question Real Madrid&#8217;s ability to get past Tottenham, but has his doubts whether Barcelona have what it takes to eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk in their quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure that Barcelona and Real Madrid will meet each other in the semi-finals of the Champions League,&#8221; Cruyff said in his weekly column in El Periodico de Catalunya.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not that I think Real Madrid will be eliminated though. I&#8217;m pretty confident los Blancos will make it past Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s Barcelona I worry about. I really don&#8217;t know what to expect from Shakhtar. Tottenham&#8217;s style will be just perfect for Madrid, but Shakhtar are a very different team. They are a lot more dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona host Shakhtar on Wednesday for the first leg of their Champions League last-eight meeting, while Real Madrid take on Tottenham at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_297-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/150545.php\" title=\"Johan Cruyff Unsure Whether Barcelona Will Eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johan Cruyff Unsure Whether Barcelona Will Eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Many are already dreaming of a Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Real Madrid, but Blaugrana icon Johan Cruyff has voiced his opinion that a clash between the two Spanish giants is not a certainty. The Dutchman doesn&#8217;t question Real Madrid&#8217;s ability to get past Tottenham, but has his doubts whether Barcelona have what it takes to eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk in their quarter-final tie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Johan Cruyff Unsure Whether Barcelona Will Eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/johan-cruyff-unsure-whether-barcelona-will-eliminate-shakhtar-donetsk\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Johan Cruyff Unsure Whether Barcelona Will Eliminate Shakhtar Donetsk - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Many are already dreaming of a Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Real Madrid, but Blaugrana icon Johan Cruyff has voiced his opinion that a clash between the two Spanish giants is not a certainty. 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