“We ‘culers’ have to be stronger and more noticeable in the face of weakness”
BARCELONA, 1 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The interim coach of FC Barcelona, Sergi Barjuan, has assured before the important Champions League game against Dinamo Kiev and the bad situation of the team in LaLiga Santander that they must be respected through victories and that they must be “stronger and notorious “in the face of weakness.
“Barça has the obligation to always win and in weak moments like now, the only way to make ourselves respect is by winning. Tomorrow we have an ideal scenario. A victory would give us great joy and change the way the ‘culers’ see it, to a optimistic way, “he said at a press conference.
Sergi believes that the dressing room is ready for this kind of final in Kiev. “The players are used to playing under any type of pressure, but tomorrow there is a lot of pressure. Today we have pressed the players to be ordered, that they are the Barça we want, and that must be transferred to the field,” he valued.
“They have trained the same, my demand is that they be intense, organized, they have talent and they should take it out in the game. We know the importance of the game and the three points, but it should not put us in anguish, the other way around. When we are calm we have superiorities, “he acknowledged.
In Ukraine, where Barça is playing a good part of the options of staying alive in Europe, Sergi wants the team to find its own style. “We want to be protagonists and be a team. All this leads to joy. In these difficult moments it is difficult to find a smile in the dressing room. I have little time to live with them and the obligation is to make the most of everyone,” he said .
On a personal level, he assured that it is a “pride” to be before his debut as a coach in the ‘Champions’ and to represent the club. “The ‘culers’ we have to be stronger and notorious, in the face of weakness we have to make ourselves notice. The team is trained to face this moment,” he said.
“It is true that we have absences, Kun’s is important. I was talking to him, he is calm, locked in his room, but inside everything he is calm,” he commented on the loss of Kun, who left the game against Alavés with a chest ailment and being under observation for possible arrhythmias.
As for Ousmane Dembélé, with the medical discharge together with Araujo, Ansu Fati and Frenkie De Jong, he assured that he is here to play, although he did not detail whether to start. “Recovering players is important for internal competition, and more when they are decisive. Dembélé has been out for months but it says a lot about him that he wants to help us at this time and in such an important game,” he celebrated.
“I have spoken with everyone and I also spoke with Coutinho. I told him that the Camp Nou had also whistled me. The only way to make yourself strong is to be yourself and that is what I asked of him,” he observed about the low level of the Brazilian attacker.
Finally, he assured that he had not seen “anything lacking” in the group. “I have seen players like captains who contribute more than young people, which is the logic. But the relationship between young people and veterans is very good. Union and cohesion are served in the dressing room,” he concluded.