Ex-Benfica man to face Eagles in Champions League: "It hurts" | OneFootball

Kika Nazareth confessed that it "hurts" to think about Benfica - Barcelona, for the Champions League. The player who came up through the ranks at Clube da Luz will face her former team, and the club of her heart, on December 10th, and has already had the chance to comment on this reunion.

"It’s going to be very special, I don’t really know what I’m feeling right now. I also think that thinking too far ahead isn’t good, but I know I’ll have a home… at home, and I’m looking forward to this game. I don’t know what to expect, I know we’re going to go in – and this ‘we’ hurts – we, Barcelona, are going in to win but, naturally, it’s going to be difficult and it’s going to hurt, not in such a negative sense of the word, but it’s going to hurt," Kika Nazareth explained. Recall that Rui Costa was recently criticized for allowing the player to be sold.

Before that game, the former Benfica player faces a double commitment with the National Team, where she is currently in training camp. In a conversation with journalists at a press conference, Kika Nazareth also addressed the current form of the national team, starting by commenting on the new faces in the squad.

"I think they were very warmly welcomed, both by me and by the whole team. We are a very united team and very Portuguese – we like to hug, to hold, to praise, and I think they’re open to that, I hope, to say ‘I’m fine, I’m not fine… do you want to cry? Let’s cry, tell me about your life.’ I think there’s that closeness, obviously some more than others, but this team is open to the future – and the future has borne fruit," explained the former Benfica player.

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