“With Xavi, Barça press high again, as with Pep”

Although he has already secured the ticket for the round of 16 of the Champions League, the Bayern Munich will go for victory against him Barça to try to complete a perfect group stage. This is how the technician wanted to make it clear Julian Nagelsmann at the press conference prior to the duel against the Catalans, where he pointed out that the arrival of Xavi Hernandez the culé bench has given a new impulse to the azulgrana team.

“Xavi and his team have not had many training sessions, but I have seen differences, yes. With Xavi they defend higher. The pressure after loss is also different, very brave, very high, as in Pep’s time. It gives spaces but you have the difficulty to get out of that pressure. We will see how we can attack its pressure, “he said. Nagelsmann, who also had words of praise for the culé squad.

“They have a fantastic team, with a lot of quality. It is a very young group and they have the pressure to win tomorrow. That is positive for the game, but for us it is not important to leave Barça out of the Champions League. What we want is play a good game, “he added Nagelsmann, which linked the bad start of the course of Barça with the financial problems that the club is going through.

“We are already classified and we have no pressure. It will be strange to play without an audience. It will be an important game for other players to play, but we have to continue at a high level. The Champions League is always attractive,” he acknowledged Nagelsmann with a view to the match against the Catalans.

In addition to analyzing the duel against Barça, Nagelsmann also confirmed the absences of Gnabry, Goretzka, Kimmich, Choupo-Moting, Couisance and Sabitzer, in addition to those already known from Sarr and Stanisic

“Gnabry has had hamstring problems and he will not play tomorrow. Choupo Moting is already recovered from the coronavirus, but we will wait until next week. Kimmich has a negative test but he will not play tomorrow either. He wants to play, but we will not. to leave. Cuisance has not trained either and with Lucas we will see tomorrow. Sabitzer is still going to take, I do not know if he will be able to play next week, “he said Nagelsmann, which despite the casualties announced that “we are going to play with the best possible team” and confirmed the ownership of News, Müller and Lewandowski, of which he pointed out that “he is very motivated not to win the Ballon d’Or and to be able to beat the record for goals in the group stage of the Champions League”.

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