"It's a 'Champions' level party and we hope they have gloves on"

San Juan Despí (Barcelona), September 14 (EFE).- The Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, confirmed that the derbi that his team will play against Girona in Montilivi will be “a party of ‘Champions’ level” and that , therefore, I hope “con ganas”.

“El Girona lo hizo muy bien la última temporada. It will be difficult, porque juegan bien, will be a hard party, of high level, but we have to be sure to go after it has been won by the first four parties”, he declared in the street of the press.

Flick showed that one of the “strong points” of Girona is the pose: “We tend to take well and the defender as a team, occupy the positions well, we have not unmasked the rival. To my team also, we want to have the pose and, if lo logramos, tendermos options to win the game”.

The German coach said he was not thinking about his debut in the upcoming Liga de Campeones games before Monaco, but that, thanks to the quality of Girona, there will be “a good test” for the duel before the Monaco match.

Although it was not once decided, Flick added that all the footballers who had resumed concentration with their selections “are lists to play and want to play.”

The one who is not available is the delantero Ansu Fati, who this week has been locked up with the group but who does not yet have the high medicine of the plantar fasciitis that stops doing myself and medium.

“We have content between us and others. In the coming weeks we have possibilities, and so it is good for the team. Gavi has also participated in part of the training, although your vuelta will be later. But Ansu’s vuelta is in place for the jueves”, explained.

They are in Montilivi the front-row players Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. The first, the Girona coach, Michel Sánchez, said that he was an absolutely different player and that Flick had said that “he had a reason”, but that he was a youngster and that he could evolve.

“He is a very decisive player. Lamine is at a high level, but at his age he can be better and he must be better. It is fantastic every day, but if you want a great camp you cannot discover many things. You want to continue and follow, because the champions do not descansan”, commented on the young punta azulgrana.

And he is also deshizo in the praise of Raphinha, the MVP of the League in August. “He is the best. You have a determining role and he is a brilliant player. I love your intensity in the games and in training. A player like him, when I have done it, has a positive energy and positivity to the rest of the team”, he summarizes.