After a scintillating start to life as the manager of FC Barcelona, Hansi Flick is all set to face his first-ever El Clasico as Real Madrid host the Catalans at the Santiago Bernabeu tomorrow night.
Barcelona go into the game in high spirits after thrashing Bayern Munich 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League earlier this week. They already have a three-point lead over Real Madrid in La Liga and a victory tomorrow would see them further strengthen their grip at the top.
On the eve of the game, Barça manager Hansi Flick spoke to the media during his usual pre-match press conference, talking about his tactics and approach for the blockbuster encounter at the Bernabeu.
On the Clasico and his tactics for the game
Kicking things off, Flick said that he did not read much into the fact that it will be his first-ever El Clasico and is just focused on preparing the team well.
“To be honest, I don’t think too much about it, what matters is to prepare the team well, I can see that we are looking forward to tomorrow’s game. It will be a great game,” the Barcelona boss said.
Flick’s Barça have largely employed a high-defensive line this season and as such will be put to a stern test by Real Madrid, who possess pacy forwards like Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. Talking about how he will approach the situation, Flick said:
“We have different ideas in our approach. Against Bayern we realised that we had to improve certain things. In this case we will have to adapt to Madrid. There are always players who go very fast.
“Now we are playing Madrid, who are a very prepared team but I trust my team because they are doing great. I liked to see how we went up after the 1-1 draw against Bayern.
“That’s the example of what we are doing well, with more possession and more confidence. That’s the key, to keep moving forward and adapting to different situations.”
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Author : Michel Durant
Publish date : 2024-10-25 11:30:59
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