Friday, October 25, 2024, 17:58
«I trust my team. We had our approach against Bayern and we saw that we had to improve. In every game you adapt and now we will adapt to Real Madrid. There are always fast opposing players, but my players are doing great. “You have to adapt to different situations,” said Hansi Flick at the press conference prior to the classic. The German coach was happy after the overwhelming victory in the Champions League and now points to a match that could serve to catapult his team into first place in the standings or to open the fierce fight with the eternal rival. “It will be a great game,” he said about it.
It is not for less. Barça comes into the game at the Santiago Bernabéu fired up after adding 27 points from the first 30 played in the League and after scoring four goals against an entire Bayern Munich team. Despite this, Flick does not want to divert focus from what is really important. «It’s good to be praised, but I know that my work is the results. If you win, good, and if you don’t, not so good. We focus on how to want to play and putting passion into it. Wednesday night had a fantastic atmosphere and there will be one in the classic too. It is the classic with capital letters, those from Germany are not the same,” he admitted.
Flick also took advantage of the press conference to demonstrate that looking for excuses does not suit him. His team will have 24 hours less rest after Real Madrid played on Tuesday and the Catalans played on Wednesday, something that is not important to him. «We can’t do anything about it. Each one to his own. The players will manage, they have trained very well,” he admitted while evaluating the video broadcast by Real Madrid TV criticizing the refereeing work in previous games. «I didn’t know, it is not right for this to be done. Referees have a very hard job and I have good experience with them. I told my team to focus on the performance and not the referee. If there is any play, it is checked,” he said.
Finally, Flick spoke about the young talents he has encountered during his time in Barcelona and who passed the test against Bayern with flying colors. Pau Cubarsí “is hungry to improve and is on an extraordinary path”, Fermín López “uses great pressure and does whatever he wants with the ball” and Lamine Yamal “is very fast, fantastic with the ball and uses space perfectly”. he concluded.
