Hansi Flick is adamant that Barcelona’s success this season is the results of onerous work slightly than luck.
Because the Blaugrana put together for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey conflict in opposition to Atletico Madrid, the pinnacle coach is each sport as a closing from now till the tip of the season.
Barcelona and Atletico performed out an unbelievable 4-4 draw within the first leg of their semi-final in February. Now, they meet once more on the Metropolitano to resolve who will advance to the ultimate on April 26, the place they are going to face both Actual Madrid or Actual Sociedad.
“It’s like a closing earlier than the ultimate,” Barca coach Flick stated on Tuesday throughout his pre-match press convention. “They need to attain this closing and it’s the similar with us.
“My group, the gamers will be proud about what they’re doing. We’re working onerous and what we obtain just isn’t luck, they earned it. That is the constructive factor. They are often very proud.
“We all know that till now now we have not reached [anything] – OK, we gained the [Spanish] Supercopa, however it’s up to now – and now we need to go to the ultimate, however it’s not simple.
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“Atletico have an ideal coach with [Diego] Simeone, an skilled squad, they understand how they need to play. You may see within the matches earlier than till the final second they’re there. It will likely be a tough match.”
Atletico Madrid final topped LaLiga in December after defeating Barca and had been nonetheless competing within the Champions League at that time.
Nonetheless, their season has shortly fallen aside, and so they now path Barcelona by 9 factors within the league standings, whereas additionally being knocked out of the Champions League by the hands of Actual Madrid.
With the Copa del Rey now Atletico’s greatest alternative for silverware, Flick doesn’t consider this can make them extra harmful than earlier than.
“Perhaps it’s the closest title they’ll win, however it’s the identical for us,” he stated. “One win after which in a closing. Whereas in LaLiga there are a variety of matches to play.
“Atletico will play like they usually play, nothing completely different. They’ve their fashion. The depth is at all times excessive, aggressive. That is regular. I really like how they play soccer, additionally with a variety of velocity of their sport. I really like their fashion, how they play.”