Must win to stay in!

Coach Ronald Koeman’s bottom-placed Barcelona will have to beat Dynamo Kiev at Camp Nou tonight to stay alive in the UEFA Champions League

Must win to stay in!

Barcelona players sweat it out during a training session on the eve of their match against Dynamo Kiev yesterday. Pic/AFP

Barcelona will have to beat Dynamo Kiev to have any chance of reaching the knock-out stage of the Champions League, coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday.

After losing 0-3 to both Bayern Munich and Benfica, Barca sit bottom of Group E with two games against Kiev up next, the first at Camp Nou tonight. Barcelona last went out in the Champions League group stage 21 years ago. “Tomorrow [Wednesday] we are playing for our future in this Champions League,” said Koeman.

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Ronald Koeman

“After losing two games, we have to win to have a chance of going through. There is no other option.”

Koeman must decide whether to play Ansu Fati from the start against Kiev, with a Clasico against Real Madrid to come on Sunday. Fati has lifted the mood at the club since returning from 11 months out through injury.

There have been concerns the 18-year-old could leave when his contract expires at the end of the season, but Koeman said an agreement is now close.

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