After the last two scares in the form of a defeat and a draw in the League, Barcelona trained this morning in the sports city under the optimistic spirit that the demanding Hansi Flick always conveys, a coach who provides the necessary dose of balance between anger and communion that awakens in the team. There were even congratulations and a row of shouts for Ronald Araújo the day he returned to do part of the training with the group and for Pedri, who turns 22 today.
The Balaídos anger is already in the past. Even so, the German coach wants the team to learn its lesson. “We have a young team, the youngest in the League and it is not always a highway, we have to be careful in certain situations during the 90 minutes. With 0-2 in favor and with the red, we should have defended better than we did. We always want to play and attack but sometimes it is enough to control the ball and defend well,” Flick analyzed.
This Tuesday everyone will be tested against French side Brest in the Champions League, a rival that has not lost a single game in this group stage. “I always think positively. The quality of the players is very high and we have to show it on the field, and we want to start showing it tomorrow, but the process of this young team is part of football. We continue to lead the League, although with less of an advantage, but any team would want this path. For us it will be very important to have control of the ball and finish the attacks to get the three points,” Flick recalled.
For the match against Brest, Barça will also not be able to count on Lamine Yamal, who has missed his team’s last two games due to an injury to his right ankle. The winger has not exercised with his teammates in the last training session either. “Lamine Yamal has a quality that makes you control the ball but also makes the opponent give us more space, I think and hope that it will be the last game that he loses because today he was very good but we will have to wait. I hope that Saturday will be an option, maybe from the bench, but we’ll see,” Flick said. According to Lamine Yamal’s entourage, the winger still has at least a week of recovery left before he can start again.
The absence of Lamine Yamal will not be the only significant loss. Barça still hasn’t recovered Alejandro Balde. Although he trained with the group, he still has muscle discomfort. “Today he was better and he may be an option for other games but not for tomorrow,” Flick confirmed that he will play either Gerard Martín or Héctor Fort on the left side.
Yes, there could be Eric García and Ferran Torres, who are recovering from muscle injuries. Both have completed training with the group again. Of the two, Eric Garcia is the one who has the highest number of receiving medical discharge. “But it’s not about physical preparation. You have to put the focus. We have the same level as the previous games, in Vigo or in Munich, it is not a question of physicality, it is more of errors, there are many things we can do better with and without the ball, and that is what we focus on,” Flick pointed out when asked due to the load of minutes that the equipment carries.
However, Uruguayan Ronald Araujo, who tore the hamstring tendon in his right thigh with Uruguay in the Copa América last summer, will not be part of the squad, although he has completed part of the training with the group for the second consecutive day. .
In addition to the available first team players, reserve team players Diego Kochen and Guillermo Fernández have completed the session. “In the end the most important thing is that the players must be well connected in defense and attack. We have to have pressure when we get the ball out and if we don’t do it, the rivals at this level know how to overcome it,” said the coach.
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