After the break of the national team and before Bayern and the elite, win. Flick’s Barça never stops. Pressure, strength, technique, quality, strength …. The work of the German coach is bearing fruit, but Hansi does not deviate from his moderate speech.
Flick goes slowly: “Every game is important, not only playing against big clubs, Sevilla was also difficult. We have come back from the break very well. I am very happy with the result. Today we are celebrating the result and tomorrow we are preparing for the match against Bayern“.
De Jong and Gavi
The German revealed the changes he had in mind for the series: “We thought De Jong would start, but he has a problem and we decided to play yesterday. Today he was not a starter, although he could have played a few minutes but we chose Gavi“.
The return of the Los Palacios player was special: “EI am very happy with Gavi. I am in pain with his return. It was important to him and the team that he returned. Today was his goal. Sitting on the bench and his dream was to play for five minutes. The whole club cheers for him“
Recover from injury
As for Eric, he said that the Martorell didn’t feel well, but that “That’s fine and I hope it’s the way for Wednesday“. When asked about Robert Lewandowski’s moment and his duel on Wednesday with Kane, Hansi didn’t want to get personal: “It is not a fight between players. It is important that you have marked it. I am happy with him for his performance.“
When asked if those coming back from injury are ready to perform, Hansi was brave: “All players are ready. We have to prepare for every game. The equipment is ready. What I hope is that he plays 100% and then we will see the results“.
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Barça always leave their teammates offside. Flick sees the role of the defenders as a secret: “Cubarsí and Iñigo are focused. Pau does very well and Iñigo also makes a wonderful change to our game, he is a leader and with Koundé and Balde each doing his job.“
About Ansu he said that “It is very important to be able to play, but after the injury it is not easy for him. It’s great that you’re back. “He’ll improve his game, but I’m happy.” In addition, Pablo Torre Flick’s two goals praised the Cantabrian’s flexibility: “Pablo can play as a ‘7’ and that’s why we put him in Lamine’s place. It’s important that he has confidence”
The only self-criticism he expressed in the press room about the goal he admitted: “We have to avoid scoring goals like 4-1 because we always have to press whoever has the ball..” We are waiting for Bayern and Madrid”We have our thoughts on the game. Every competitor is different and we take that into account.” A happy Hansi Flick noticed.
