体坛英语新闻：Suarez eyes Bernabeu return but Barca have Ajax clash first

MADRID, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona entertain Ajax of Amsterdam in the Champions League on Tuesday night needing a win to get their European campaign back on track.

Defeat away to Paris Saint Germain in their last European game means anything other than three points against Ajax would place Luis Enrique's side in jeopardy of not winning their qualifying group and thus facing a tough last 16 tie.

At the moment there is no need for concern as Barca's league form has so far been good, although it is also true to say they have rarely been tested in what has been a benevolent fixture calendar for the opening weeks of the season.

Luis Enrique will start with Leo Messi, Neymar and perhaps, Pedro Rodriguez in attack on Tuesday, while Ivan Rakitic will also return to the side after being rested at the weekend as Barca made hard work of beating Eibar, before Xavi Hernandez broke the deadlock in the 59th minute.

Ter Stegen could also return in goal, as Luis Enrique looks to ensure that both of his keepers enjoy competitive minutes in the opening months of the season, although Claudio Bravo has yet to concede a goal in the Primera Liga.

Tuesday's match will also be significant as it will be the last one Luis Suarez has to watch from the sidelines before completing the four-month ban he was given by FIFA for biting Italian defender Georgio Chiellini during the World Cup finals.

Speaking in an interview on Catalan sports channel, Esport 3, on Sunday, Suarez discussed what has been a strange arrival at the Camp Nou.

"I felt that I had ruined my career," he said, over the incident, adding that he expected it to ruin his dream move from Liverpool to the Catalan club.

"I though Barca were going to step back from the transfer," explained Suarez, who admitted he has always been a fan of the club.

"I came here when I was 16 years old and I went to the see the Camp Nou, to visit the shop and to take photos," he said, adding that the first boots he bought were "Ronaldinho's."

"I loved Barcelona because of the football they played, because my daughter was born here and now because I value the effort the club made to sign me after all that has happened."

Suarez will almost certainly make his debut next Saturday away to Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

"I am ready for that, but if I don't play, I will understand why. I am not going to ask the coach to play and even less so in the situation I have been in," he explained.

The Bernabeu is on Saturday, but for the rest of Suarez's teammates the first big game is at home on Tuesday.