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Barcelona will face off towards Real Valladolid on Saturday night on the Montjuic Stadium aiming to make it 4 wins in 4 La Liga video games beneath Hansi Flick.
Having already opened up a four-point lead over arch-rivals and reigning champions Real Madrid, Barcelona will hope to widen the hole additional and put strain on Carlo Ancelotti’s males.
On the eve of the sport, supervisor Flick attended his customary pre-match press convention and addressed a number of subjects, together with the potential for any deadline-day offers for Barcelona.
On Valladolid and La Liga
Kicking issues off, the supervisor make clear what he expects from tomorrow’s sport towards Actual Valladolid, saying:
“It’s at all times higher to win. To date we’ve achieved properly within the first three video games. Valladolid are a great crew and defend properly, however we all know the right way to assault. Will probably be a tough sport.”
Hansi Flick was additionally requested about Actual Madrid’s poor begin to the season compared to his crew, however the supervisor insisted that it’s too early within the season to foretell how issues will go.
“Will probably be an extended season and I don’t care an excessive amount of in regards to the present state of affairs. I’m centered on Barça and I hope we do properly once more tomorrow,” he mentioned.
“We’ve been making ready once more in the present day, with a powerful coaching session. We’re trying ahead to the match towards Valladolid. We’re able to play.”
On the areas he needs to see enchancment from his crew, Flick remarked: “It’s essential that the crew could be very a lot within the sport from the beginning. We are able to’t wait 10 minutes. Then we’ve quite a lot of confidence within the second half.
“We’re 100% and that’s what I need for this crew. It’s crucial, the premise of our concept. The standard of the crew is incredible.”
On the squad
Flick then touched upon the season-ending ACL harm suffered by Marc Bernal, praising him and saying that the 17-year-old will probably be missed throughout the remainder of the marketing campaign.
“Bernal will probably be sorely missed. It’s superb how he realized to play in our system. What he has achieved is unbelievable and now we’ve to interchange him with the crew we’ve.”
On how he plans on changing Bernal within the pivot midfield place, Flick confirmed that he will try Marc Casado and Eric Garcia, saying:
“I’ve seen quite a lot of good issues from Marc Bernal, now we’ve to focus on the gamers who will change him: Casadó or Eric. We’ll give them the chance to play on this place. I’m assured that they will do it completely.”
When requested in regards to the incredible begin he has made to the season, Flick credited the crew for it, as he mentioned:
“I don’t have to speak about myself. What you’ll be able to see with my workers is that we’ve a particular mentality. I really like these gamers I’ve. They’re very skilled. I love this crew.
“After the win towards Rayo, I used to be stunned by the best way Marc Bernal was supported. I’m very happy with the crew’s response.
“With this mentality they’ve, it’s incredible. You possibly can solely win if in case you have this mentality as a bunch. We’re united. No matter occurs, we’ll cope with it properly.”
Flick additionally supplied an replace on the situation of long-term absentee Frenkie de Jong amid talks of him potentially undergoing surgery.
“I hope he doesn’t should have surgical procedure. He’s recovering and making progress. Now we’ve to attend how he evolves with this coaching load. I hope to have him again after the worldwide break, however I can’t verify it but. We’ll see what occurs after the break,” he mentioned.
Relating to Fermin Lopez and him not beginning within the sport towards Rayo Vallecano, Flick remarked:
“It’s true that he hasn’t been a starter, however he has the standard to start out within the eleven.”
“I believe Fermín is an ‘8’ or a ‘10’. He arrived later than the remainder of his teammates and that’s why he didn’t begin. The season could be very lengthy and when he has come on he has proven what he can do.”
On transfers
The speak then shortly moved to the switch market and the way Barcelona have carried out on this summer time window, to which he responded:
“I don’t have a look at this. I signed to be the coach right here and I do know what we’ve. I’m pleased with the crew.”
Flick additionally supplied a definitive replace on the way forward for Eric Garcia, stating: “Sure, I can verify that he’ll proceed.”
The supervisor additionally confirmed that Eric will probably be an possibility for the defensive midfield position transferring ahead, as he mentioned:
“His pure place is centre-back, nevertheless it’s good to have gamers who can play in a number of positions. It’s important to adapt and it’s good to have gamers like Eric or Rapha up high who can occupy different positions. Eric should play extra as a midfielder.”
Flick additionally mentioned Barcelona’s failed attempt at signing his compatriot Jonathan Tah from Bayer Leverkusen, saying:
“We now have to just accept this example. If the participant isn’t right here… There are quite a lot of rumours within the soccer world. If a participant arrives I’m completely happy, however tomorrow we could have a beginning XI and 5 modifications.
“It’s not sophisticated. It’s a query of realizing which gamers I’ve at my disposal. Tomorrow we could have 18.”
Supply: BarçaOne
