Brazil's Alves ready for Barca debut

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

MADRID (AFP) — Brazil international defender Dani Alves denies he feels under pressure at Catalan giants Barcelona, despite being the most expensive pre-season signing at a club that has won no silverware for two seasons.

"There is no need to be anxious because there is not long before my debut and that wouldn't be good for me," he said in an interview released on the club's website Sunday.

"We have to share the pressure. I have come to Barcelona to enjoy football and the grandeur of this team. I hope we can change the image of the last two years."

In their first competitive match of the new season, Barca face Beitar Jerusalem or Poland's Wisla Krakow in the third qualifying round of the Champions League on August 12 or 13.

"We have to take (the tie)...