MADRID 4 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The FC Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, confessed that they are waiting for Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor to return to the team but he celebrated the image and the match they had this Saturday against Barbastro (0-4) in the Copa del Rey, where “they did not There was a feeling” that they were “suffering” despite the club’s situation.
“We all want them to come back, they are important, but we played very focused, as we wanted, there was no feeling that the team was suffering because of that. We are professionals, we have to play and the team did very well,” he said at a press conference. .
The German coach highlighted his team’s great performance to reach the round of 16 of the Cup and leave behind part of the bad feelings with which 2024 ended. In addition, Barça at times forgot the fiasco of not being able to count on Olmo and Víctor, without a record in the absence of the Barça club’s last attempts.
On the other hand, Flick pointed out that they need players like Pablo Torre or Frenkie de Jong, starters in the Cup. “You never know what can happen, it is important that all the players are ready to play, today they showed it,” he stated.
Furthermore, the Barcelona coach celebrated the return to good level of Ronald Araujo. “He returned from a serious injury but it was clear today. I was in contact with him if he could play the 90 minutes, he told me yes, he was very good and you could see his quality. He is also a leader, the captain,” he noted.
Finally, Flick pointed out that they will travel on Monday and train on Tuesday in Arabia ahead of the Super Cup semi-final duel on Wednesday against Athletic Club, where he believes that “yes” he will be able to count on a Lamine Yamal injured almost three weeks ago and also with Raphinha who was not available in the Cup due to “some problem.”