Eibar faces tomorrow one of the most complicated challenges since they were promoted to the First Division. Get something positive out of the Camp Nou. “The scenario and the team are not conducive to reversing the situation due to the good team in front of you and the field in which we play,” he acknowledges Mendilibar. The one from Zaldibar, in any case, warns that “we will go with the intention of playing well, without fear, wanting to win.” He understands that his team “is competing well in the last games taking away those 20 minutes against Alavés.”
Barcelona will have the important drop of Leo
Messi: “That he does not play is good news because he is the best in the world, but surely someone will come off the bench who is also terrific,” he laughs Mendilibar. The azulgrana admits that “we all have four or five casualties and that is why group work is more important”. Without the 10, Mendilibar he launched into the air that “the same without Messi the others play with more freedom, more as a team.”
The same without Messi the others play with more freedom
The gunsmiths cling to the great game they played against the other great of the competition: “Against Madrid we competed well in a very intense match, but then we noticed it against Alavés, the objective is to make a match similar to that.” The kilometers are beginning to show in the legs: “People get tired, we run a lot, the speed is high and I'm sure that in this type of game you run much more than in others because they have more the ball.” He wants us to “get out of Barcelona well, without injuries, to prepare well for other games”.
It is not the best Barça
Mendilibar he is aware that if he can ever get a grip on Barcelona, it is now: “It may be the fairest Barcelona in recent years, but in the last game they played very well.” Against Valladolid they gave “speed to the ball and won easily, did many chances and barely conceded.” He understands that “they are suffering during the year” but against Valladolid not because “something has changed”. The scoreboard varies at Can Barça: “They played with three centrals and two long lanes on the outside, with a lot of pace and did a lot of damage.” One of the keys is that “when they lost the balls they ran fast to get them back and that is important.” Eibar's idea of Mendilibar it will be “catch them off guard when we steal.”
After several days of rest, the Catalans have already recovered from the last blow: “When we finished the game against Alavés we went wrong when we went home, now we have been two days without seeing each other and we are improving”, he jokes Mendilibar.
Without wanting to look for excuses, Mendi He said that “the weather doesn't help to train properly, it's cold, it's raining and we can't see our hair. Only in training. Let's see if during the trip we are together and we talk and think about the game and improve what we did in Vitoria, because if we do what we did there, going to Barcelona will be wasted ”.