Ter Stegen: The coach asks the team to depend on me more Barcelona Change of leadership hasn't been easy

With Quique Setien set to take charge of his first ever Champions League match as Barcelona take on Napoli, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen has admitted the coach's style has required the team to depend on him more.

Setien is known for his willingness to retain possession and attack wherever possible, often at the detriment of defensive solidity, as we saw in abundance during the latter days of his spell with Real Betis.

"The coach asks the team to depend on me more," Ter Stegen admitted in an interview with Barcelona's in-house media.

"He wants to play more with me, we have to take advantage of this superiority to move the ball forward.

"I'm always happy when I have the ball, either with my feet or with my hands."

Setien's mid-season arrival is not usually the go-to recipe for success in the Champions League, yet Barcelona felt a change was needed and the German stopper believes it has been a challenging transitional process.

"Little by little we're doing what he asks of us," Ter Stegen intimated.

"He has a philosophy that we respect and we want to play how he wants.

"It's not easy to make such a change in the middle of the season because you must adapt quickly, without a pre-season, but we're on the right track and the evolution in our results is starting to show."

Barcelona's clash with Napoli kickstarts what could prove to be a make-or-break week for the Blaugrana with the Clasico against Real Madrid set to come on Sunday evening.

"In recent years we've head more luck [against Real Madrid] away from home," he declared.

"We want to play our football and stick to our philosophy no matter who we play.

"Our goal is to take a victory away from one of the most difficult stadiums."