MADRID, 25 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of FC Barcelona, Pere Romeu, has assured that the words of the Real Madrid coach, Alberto Toril, complaining that they had had less rest to face the final of the Spanish Super Cup this Sunday between the two teams in Butarque, only have “further fueled” the “motivation” of the Barça players.
“There are things in life that are so obvious that they do not have to be constantly emphasized. The team knows perfectly well what was said, the team knows perfectly well the regulations that exist, and the team has only fueled this motivation for tomorrow’s game even more “he declared at a press conference. “In a final there is nothing that can divert our attention,” he added.
In this sense, he stressed that “the regulations are very clear.” “If you win the Cup, if you win the League, you have rights that are not provided by Barça, but by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, which tells you that you are local and you choose the training schedule. If we have to travel, I think it is quite coherent to choose the second training session, because it gives our players a little more rest. We have simply made some decisions that are up to us and that’s it. Tomorrow we will play a good game,” he stressed.
“Tomorrow we are going to show on the field that we deserve to win this title and that we are going to do everything possible to deserve to win this title. If you ask me, four trips in a week to the same destination is not the most appropriate. If you ask me if I would like to sleep at home, I would like to sleep at home every day of my life. The situation has turned out like this, we do not deviate from the focus of attention, which is tomorrow’s game, to have a good training session today, so that no one will miss out. do harm, let there be no problems, get feelings and tomorrow, go for the first title of the season,” he continued.
Furthermore, he explained that “a final, regardless of the team, is an extra motivation.” “You are 90 minutes away from a title, and if it is against Real Madrid and in Madrid it makes us want to win even more. It would be my first title as head coach, in the first final I have played in, I hope there will be many more to follow. I see the team very prepared, mentally very motivated. I am convinced that tomorrow we will play a good game,” he noted.
“Winning titles always gives you extra motivation, extra confidence, plus seeing that the things you are doing are going in the right direction. Football is very demanding, people don’t value everything that isn’t titles so much. If we continue in the line we are doing of having a lot of possession of the ball, of having many scoring opportunities, that will bring us closer to winning; winning brings us closer to the first title of the season and that is a boost of confidence for the entire squad and for what lies ahead throughout the season,” he continued.
On the other hand, the Catalan coach assured that they are usually “quite right” in matches against Real Madrid. “We have played good games before. That helps us know that, by doing what we have done, we will surely be close to playing a good game again. But tomorrow is a final. Tomorrow will surely be different 90 minutes and very, very, very demanding “The team is very prepared for tomorrow’s game,” he insisted.
“In the games I have had against Real Madrid, usually the rival coach’s approach has always been one of similar forces. We always try a couple of variants or a couple of nuances that make us be somewhat superior, have a bit of an advantage in some spaces on the field. I imagine a game where we will be attacking a team that initially I don’t think will come looking for us at all, and we must try to be precise in these initial movements,” he said about the white team’s approach.
Finally, Romeu spoke about Alexia Putellas’ state of form. “Alexia is having a great season, she is having a very high and very good level of play for the team. For us that is very positive, because she is a player who in everything that has to do with the midfield forward is very precise, in the pass, in the finishing. When we have a high percentage of possession, having players who are so differential in the final meters gives us a lot,” he concluded.