“We must play better than the Athletic match.”

Hansi Flick He has his heart set on winning his first major title as Barcelona coach, but he knows what stands between him and… Spanish Super Cup The title is one of the strongest rivals in world football. Description real madrid As such in his pre-match press conference on Saturday morning in King Abdullah Sports City StadiumBut he added, “We are fully prepared.”

However, he insisted that “we need to play much better than we did against Athletic. We made a lot of mistakes and we have to limit them. Madrid is one of the best teams in the world in transition and they take advantage of any option.” You give them.”

Regarding specific players, the German said: “Dani Olmo “I’m very happy to be able to play again,” he said, also commenting on how successful he was Szczesny He scored in goal. No decision has been made yet on who will defend Barcelona’s net in the final – whether it is the new Polish signing or… Iñaki Peñawho until the last two matches was the first goalkeeper.

Not comparable

“At the end of the day, we have to do our job,” Flick continued. “We have to prepare the team well, that’s what’s important. It’s a big game for everyone, it’s a Super Cup Clásico, and it would be great if we could win. It would be a boost for our confidence ahead of the remaining games of the season.”

“My players need to forget the noise around them, we have to be strong ourselves… The way we want to play is the Barcelona way, which helped us well in the last Clásico. We will not do anything.” Different, but the Clasico cannot be compared to the other tomorrow. We will start with the score 0-0 and we just want to play well and win.”