The pre-match press conference today saw Hansi Flick give his thoughts on the upcoming match against Osasuna (2 May, kick-off 9.00pm CEST), and he highlighted it will be a tough away match and there is a need to remain focused game after game.<\/p>\n
On their opponents, Flick said \u201cWe play an experienced team. The atmosphere there is good. We have to play at the same level as against Getafe. We defended well and made the most of the space they gave us\u201d. The German coach emphasised that he is not looking beyond this match by stating \u201cI don’t want to talk about the games coming afterwards\u201d.<\/p>\n
Squad news<\/p>\n
Regarding the squad, Flick discussed the potential returns of Andreas Christensen and Marc Bernal, commenting that \u201cI’m not sure about Andreas, he’ll go step-by-step\u201d, while regarding the young midfielder he confirmed that \u201cBernal will travel and might get a few minutes\u201d. He also highlighted Raphinha’s importance in the group, commenting that \u201cInjuries happen. He always gives 100%. It’s his mentality, his attitude. He really helps us, but he’s suffered this season. It’s important he is back. He will travel and we will see what happens. He is the captain. We might need him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still all to play for<\/p>\n
When asked about potential records in LaLiga, Flick didn’t want to any distractions and he said that \u201cWe are just focused on the next game. We want to win every game, but we have tough opponents left. We have to play at our best level. It’s our philosophy and mentality. I am happy with what I see in training. The squad are focused 100%\u201d.<\/p>\n
Lastly, the blaugrana coach wanted to highlight how things are going in general at present, stating \u201cI feel people’s affection every day and I really value it. it’s a honour. When you coach a club like Bar\u00e7a it’s about winning titles. We have a great atmosphere in the Club and the dressing room. Everyone is at 100%, the fans too. I feel proud. It isn’t done yet. We are on the right road to win the LaLiga, but it isn’t done yet\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pre-match press conference today saw Hansi Flick give his thoughts on the upcoming match against Osasuna (2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,483],"class_list":{"0":"post-15698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}