Super Cup of Spain: Sal: “We have to take out the claw of Barcelona before”

Only Jan Oblak has played this season for more minutes than Sal. The comfort that Simeone claims from time to time to defend the left back. Except for the Lisbon Champions League final (he was on loan at Rayo), in 2014, he was in the other duels against Real Madrid outside Spain: Miln (2016) and the final of the European Super Cup (Talln, 2018). His first title after his return was the Spanish Super Cup (2014), also against the whites. The youth squad appeals to recover that final spirit against Barcelona, ​​only during much of the derby.

“The team gets the best of it when it looks against the ropes, but we must avoid being in that situation. We suffer a lot and we have greater wear. The good thing will be to get that claw before,” said a press conference. “When we are united, you stay calm, win or lose. The master sees us with enthusiasm and enthusiasm, but now we have to prove it in the field and in the final,” he added.

In addition, the ilicitano explained that the team has “a very important ascending line”. “We faced the game with great desire, to deliver it to our fans. It has taken us a long time to get here, the semifinal was very hard and mentally reinforces us for the final,” he said.

Precisely about the duel against the Catalans, Sal revealed that it gives them “a lot of strength.” “It is very important what we got and how we got it. The team, although we could not hurt him in the first part, knew how to be united. We got many positive things from that first part. We had goals against in the second part, but we had the strength to hurt them, “he said.

“I see Joao well”

On the other hand, I stressed the “desire” that has the mattress box to lift a trophy again. “We are the Atlantic, every game we face as a final. We really want to get this title, we got it in 2014. It was the first one that I achieved after my cessation and it makes me very excited,” he said. “It keeps you playing against the eternal rival, more when you play for a title,” he confesses.

Although he marks the midfield as a key, he assures that it will have nothing to do with possession. “Possession has nothing to do with it; many times the opponent or we ourselves have more possession and we can't win. Offensively they always have a very high effectiveness. What the party is going to decant is going to be the one who takes the midfield,” he said. .

I also assured that Simeone does not behave in a special way at a motivating level before a final. “Normally he works more normal days than the finals. He knows that in a final it is difficult to speak to a player, he does it more in daily work. He transmits that hunger to you every day, and that makes all the players sparkle and fine, “he said.

Finally, value the form status of Joao Flix. “I see Joao very well, he is doing a spectacular job for the team. When the team is well, all the players grow. We know that tomorrow is a final, no need to motivate anyone,” he concluded.