Valencia manager comments on playing Barcelona at Estadi Johan Cruyff – ‘It’s an atypical situation’

FC Barcelona will lock horns with Valencia this Sunday of their first dwelling sport of the 2025/26 La Liga season.

The sport, nevertheless, is not going to be performed on the Spotify Camp Nou, with the stadium nonetheless not prepared for reopening. As an alternative, the Catalans will host Los Che at Estadi Johan Cruyff, in entrance of 6,000 followers.

Carlos Corberan Reacts

The truth that the stadium was not formally confirmed till 5 days earlier than the sport led to plenty of confusion.

However with the match now set to be performed at Estadi Johan Cruyff, Valencia supervisor Carlos Corberan has shared his ideas on having to face Barcelona on the alternate venue.

“It’s an atypical state of affairs as a result of the stadium is often identified prematurely, and the Federation and La Liga set guidelines and have to make sure these guidelines are adopted. What I’ve performed is give attention to ourselves, whatever the subject we’re taking part in on,” he stated.

The Valencia coach harassed that the scale of the pitch will not be an issue, however identified that it does have an effect on a very powerful a part of soccer, which is the supporters.

“When the stadium was introduced, the membership made an effort to have 290 individuals supporting the group; we predict it’s mandatory. It hasn’t been in keeping with the extent of status of the competitors,” he stated.

Onto the sporting issues, Corberan acknowledged that Valencia have been poor of late in opposition to Barcelona, shedding 7-1 and 5-0 of their current conferences, and should step up this weekend.

“We’re making an attempt to remodel that ache into anger and motivation to indicate that these two video games weren’t going to symbolize Valencia,” he stated.

The Valencia coach, conscious of the dimensions of the problem, highlighted the standard of Barcelona gamers by identify: Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Ferran Torres, and Marcus Rashford.

“They’re far superior to the pitch or the stands at Estadi Johan Cruyff,” he stated.

Lastly, on Barcelona’s fashion, he emphasised the affect of Hansi Flick, saying: “Barcelona used to dominate you with extra horizontal passes than vertical ones.

“However with Flick it’s extra vertical than horizontal, he needs to scale back your attacking area and he needs to dominate you on a regular basis.”

Supply: Mundo Deportivo