Borussia Dortmund captain Emre Can is relishing facing [Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League](https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2025/3/12/24384127/barcelona-to-face-borussia-dortmund-in-champions-league-quarter-finals).
The two teams will play for a place in the last four of the tournament just months after Barca beat the Bundesliga side 3-2 in the group phase.
Can says Dortmund will enjoy taking on Hansi Flick’s side and is hoping his team can progress.
> “You play football for this kind of game. We want to go there, we want to enjoy it and we want to perform,” he told UEFA.
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> “Our aim is to go through, and we will fight for that. We will see what happens.”
Dortmund booked their place against Barcelona after knocking out Lille in the last 16. Can was named the MVP for the match and was proud of his team’s performance.
> “The most important thing is the win,” he added.
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> “I always want to help the team. I thought we were good in the first half, if we would have scored everybody would have said what a great game, but we didn’t manage to get the goal. It’s not easy to go down 1-0 here.
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> “We had great energy in the second half. We scored two goals and it was a big performance.”
The two quarter-final ties will take place in April after the upcoming international break.