After two essential wins towards Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid final week, FC Barcelona are again in motion on Sunday evening with one other necessary conflict as they tackle native rivals RCD Espanyol within the Catalan derby.
It will likely be a much-anticipated conflict in Catalonia, with Espanyol set to play towards Barcelona having earned promotion again to La Liga, with the sport happening on the Parakeets’ former residence in Monjtuic.
Forward of the sport, Espanyol supervisor Manolo Gonzalez mirrored on the significance of the encounter and insisted that his group are able to springing a shock towards the in-form Barcelona.
“I’ve been round for a few years and have skilled them in all colors. The derby is a special match and we’ll exit to defend the badge and the shirt, with all our satisfaction,” the Espanyol boss stated.
“We should exit to compete at our most, run like animals and go away our pores and skin to counteract their potential. Barça has excellent qualities but additionally weak factors.”
Elaborating on tips on how to damage Barça on the evening, Gonzalez acknowledged the complexity however pointed to examples of equally positioned groups, saying:
“It’s difficult, however each Getafe, and Athletic competed nicely towards them. I imagine it’s about being organised, not making errors in particulars, and profiting from particular moments the place we will damage them. We should be very efficient in every thing we do.”
Manolo believes Espanyol can damage Barcelona. (Photograph by Fran Santiago/Getty Photographs)
Addressing the widespread scepticism about Espanyol’s probabilities heading into the match, Gonzalez remained defiant, saying:
“We aren’t lifeless though nearly everybody desires to write down us off; a very powerful factor will probably be to respect the match plan and never deviate.
“We have now demonstrated that the group is able to standing as much as main groups. The hot button is to regain that confidence and mentality, like within the first 60 minutes on the Bernabeu or the 90 minutes on the Metropolitano. If we come out like that, will probably be troublesome to knock us down.”
Gonzalez additionally outlined how Espanyol plan on overcoming Barça’s offside lure. which has proved to be a giant success this season, saying:
“The hot button is making an attempt to place the participant within the correct context to allow them to make a closing move. The match plan goes in that path. The offside is commonly damaged by working in a sure solution to keep away from getting caught offside,” he stated.
“Defending like this implies the opponent can rating objectives towards you. It exposes you to threat. It’s heads or tails. They’ve sturdy ending up entrance; they will expose themselves to that.”
Supply: Mundo Deportivo