THigh temperatures in the Czech city justified everyone’s trip to train early on Tuesday morning, following a press conference by Hansi Flick and Alejandro Balde.
The German coach spoke to the media in the Eden Arena press room on the eve of his team’s seventh Champions League group stage match against Slavia Prague.
Lamine Yamal refuses to let her child kiss her feet
Finish in the top 8
“This is the Champions League. We are under pressure every game. They have a good defense and high pressure, so we have to perform well… They have prepared a lot for this game. We want to win both games and get six points.”
We have to perform well because they have good defense and high pressure… They spent a lot of time preparing for this match
the level required of the team
“We can and must improve. We keep saying the same thing, but we have to win every game and train to improve. That’s what we always do. Our team is very young.”
temperature
“The good thing is that we all have to run to get warm. In past games we trained at home and traveled in the afternoon. This time we will change it up and train here to adapt to the cold. This is part of the preparation.”
cold? The good thing is that everyone has to run to get warm
ter stegen
“Who confirmed it? Balde? Well, that’s it. This morning Marc said he was going to Girona. He’s a good goalkeeper, but for our future we made a different decision. He’s a great goalkeeper, so we wish him the best. We hope he does well at the World Cup as well.”
Rafinha
“He trained yesterday, so I hope he’ll be fine tomorrow.”
I hope Ter Stegen does well in the World Cup as well.
Motivation for the Champions League
“When you play in a competition like this with Barcelona, the goal is to win the Champions League. We have set this goal during our career and I hope we can show it tomorrow.”
Maturity to face the game even if you lose
“Obviously I’m disappointed in Anoeta. Football is a game and we are playing this match at a very high level. It would be better not to lose, at least not in this way. We are doing well and we have to improve. We have to be more resolute in front of goal.”
We need to be more decisive in front of goal.
Pedri
“I asked him after the game how he was and he was fine. I asked him and he said he was fine. That’s very important for this part of the field.”
