Flick talks Garcia, Szczesny, Lamine, Busquets, Madrid derby ahead of Barcelona vs Real Sociedad

Solely three days after defeating Actual Oviedo 3-1, FC Barcelona are again in motion in La Liga, as they tackle Actual Sociedad on Sunday.

The Blaugrana will host the Basque membership at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Montjuic, with the Spotify Camp Nou nonetheless not prepared for reopening.

With Actual Madrid taking over Atletico Madrid later immediately, Barcelona may need a superb shot at closing down the hole on the prime if Xabi Alonso & co. find yourself dropping factors on the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

Forward of the sport towards La Actual, supervisor Hansi Flick spoke to the media at his pre-match press convention, the place he mentioned the harm to Joan Garcia, amongst different issues.

Kicking issues off, although, the Barcelona supervisor touched upon their opponents, Actual Sociedad, and the problem that awaits his workforce, saying:

“Actual Sociedad have a transparent type of play. They need to construct from the again they usually have an incredible striker up entrance. They’re robust and quick. However we even have good gamers. This is a chance to indicate our energy.”

The chat then shortly moved to Garcia’s harm, with Flick lamenting the goalkeeper’s absence however backing Wojciech Szczesny to step up in his absence.

“It’s not good to have Joan Garcia out, he was doing properly. He acquired injured within the final recreation towards Oviedo, however these items occur,” mentioned Flick.

“Now, Tek is again, and when you have a look at the second half of final season, we received nearly each recreation with Szczesny, he was there, and we received three titles with him. He’s an incredible goalkeeper, an incredible individual, and I’ve no doubts about him.”

Concerning the Madrid derby set to kick off in a number of hours, Flick mentioned: “It’s at 4.15 pm, isn’t it? I feel I’ll watch it, as common. I watch plenty of matches, and it’ll be afternoon to look at the sport. They’re two nice groups. I’ll watch it.”

The Barcelona supervisor confirmed Lamine Yamal’s return to the squad for tomorrow’s match, saying:

“I don’t have that feeling [regarding relapse]. You by no means know what would possibly occur. However we’re sure that it’s time for him to return. We’re blissful that he will likely be accessible for tomorrow.”

On the 18-year-old winger and his potential call-up to the Spanish nationwide workforce now that he’s absolutely match, Flick mentioned:

“He will likely be accessible tomorrow, but it surely’s not my job to resolve whether or not Lamine will get known as up by the supervisor. That’s as much as him. It’s his resolution.”

Flick additionally spoke extremely of Toni Fernandez, who has been an everyday within the matchday squad for the primary workforce, however has not performed a lot.

“I feel it’s good that he trains and performs with the most effective. Each week, he learns and improves from an incredible workforce. Toni is an choice to play. He didn’t play in the previous few video games, however he’s accessible, he’s choice,” he mentioned.

With the Montjuic Stadium able to host the video games, the supervisor was requested concerning the state of the pitch, which was relaid earlier this week.

“I hope so. They’ve laid it in a short time, they’ve finished job. I’m not anxious,” the Barça head coach famous.

When requested about Sergio Busquets, who introduced his retirement this week, Flick mentioned: “All of us loved that Barça and that midfield. I loved it rather a lot.”

Concerning the accidents which have rocked the squad for the reason that begin of the season, the supervisor famous:

“It’s a part of my job, however I adore it. It’s at all times a problem. We’ve got an incredible workforce, regardless of the accidents. We deal with what’s in our palms, which is what we should affect.”

On whether or not the upcoming recreation towards PSG on 1 October was enjoying on his and the workforce’s thoughts heading into tomorrow’s contest, Flick was clear:

“We’re at all times centered on the following match, and that’s tomorrow towards Actual Sociedad. Then we are going to see how we need to play and put together for PSG.

“In the meanwhile, we now have 4 wins in a row and we now have to stick with it and present our followers tomorrow the identical spirit we had final season. It doesn’t matter what number of gamers we now have injured, solely those that can play will certainly do an incredible job.”

Supply: Mundo Deportivo