Garcia relishing Barcelona tie

Roma boss Rudi Garcia is relishing his side's Champions League tie against Barcelona and says the in-form Catalans must not be feared.

Barca come into the game off the back of a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid in La Liga over the weekend and are unbeaten in Europe this season.

A defeat on Tuesday could take qualification for the knockout round out of Roma's hands as they sit only one and two points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and BATE Borisov respectively.

"Football is a beautiful game and it is not always the best team who wins and I don't believe any team is invincible," Garcia said in his pre-match press conference. "If we don't believe we are worthy of playing here, we are going to lose.

We have to take our chances and work hard.

"We know Barcelona will have the ball most of the time, but we have to make the best of the opportunities we get. We cannot defend throughout the entire game, because we will lose.

"We also have a good team with good players and we believe we can get a result.

"The match against Barcelona is important, but not decisive. We have our destiny in our own hands and we are here to win, even though not many teams succeed here.

"Barcelona are one of the best teams in the world and a victory would change our future."