Quique Setin: “My life has never been easy. Blessed problems”

The Barcelona coach tries to convey some peace after the open war over Messi's response to Eric Abidal

In Barcelona these things happen. It was up to Quique Setin, a newcomer, to be the first to appear before the media after the open war in the club for the virulent response of Leo Messi, team captain, to Eric Abidal, technical secretary, at the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde . And Setin, at 61, came out of a problem that is not his. Acudi loaded with buckets of water at the very end and, in his own way, transmitted some peace. There seems little in an entity with such a tendency to self-destruction.

There was a time when Setin was asked if he began to regret having signed for Barcelona. “A month ago I had no problem. But, bless these problems. My life has never been easy. When you reach a team of this size, what you can imagine is that things happen. But the north wind pushes me. And it is very strong. I don't fall so easily. This will go forward. And very good. I am convinced of that. “

The questions fall and the coach of Barcelona insists that if he was in the medical field it was to talk about football: “Most of these things (to which journalists refer) are surely very important. But they do not affect me And try not to affect my players. We talked a minute about this topic in training (…) In every club in the world there are problems. I already know. But tell me about football, please. Everything else does not help my work. And I have a lot of things to do. “

At the insistence of knowing Messi's mood and the reasons for his response to Abidal, Setin was also calm: “Messi already has the experience and ability to know what he has to do. I am no one's father. I have to get my players to come to training happy. The rest, it is not for me. “

Much more afflicted was Setin before the last injury of Ousmane Dembl, who leaves the locker room with only 16 players from the first team, in addition to the teenager Ansu Fati (17 years old). “I worry because Dembl is an extraordinary kid. I have seen him work with a spectacular desire. I feel very sorry because I have not played for several months. That is what really hurts. The rest is passing things.”

The lack of staff in the workforce after the poor management of the club in the past winter market, with departures among others from the squad Carles Prez or Abel Ruiz, and the inability to find a substitute for the other long-term injured, Luis Surez, puts Setin tested. “Surely we will always go out with eleven players,” replied the Barcelona coach, although he hopes, this time, the entity will hire a striker once the doctors establish that Dembl be at least five months off. “Of course I would like to have more players. And now, with Dembl's injury, also that Carles Prez had not left. It is clear. But I will adapt. I will not be permanently lamenting things. I will be positive. With what you have, we will pull forward, “the Barca technician cried.

One of the candidates to cover the Dembl card on the team is Angel Rodrguez, according to the newspaper SportThe 32-year-old Canary forward, who has lost ownership in Getafe, has a rescission clause of 10 million euros. In 27 games this season between Liga, Copa del Rey and Europa League he has scored 13 goals.

The coach of Barcelona, ​​in any case, has no choice but to wait. This Thursday his team faces Athletic in San Mams in the elimination of the only quarterfinal match of the Copa del Rey. On Sunday he awaits his return to Benito Villamarn. A scenario little halageo. “Nothing happens. Everything has a solution. You have to be positive in this life. You have to see things with joy.” Setin, for now, resists in a madhouse.