Barcelona manager Hansi Flick stated that there is a good atmosphere in the dressing room, despite the loss of team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia on Saturday. The Blaugrana would play Osasuna on Saturday evening, but the game was postponed minutes before the game after the players were informed about the news.
Of course it was the first subject in the press conference of Flick, while Barcelona prepared for Benfica in the return leg of their Champions League round of 16 Clash, at 6:45 PM CEST on Saturday.
“I think the team manages the situation well. We are very focused on the game, I said it after Lisbon, that this was just the first game. “
In terms of how he dealt with it, and Flick said that the victory would be for Minarro if they could get it.
“The president also said something in the dressing room, he said it on Sunday and I spoke with the team yesterday. It is a big loss, he was a great person and a great doctor. He was incredible for the team and for the club, the team he formed with Ricard, he was a piece in the puzzle of our success. “
“We will miss him, but sometimes that is life. We want to play for him, in this situation it is very important to win for him. We are ready. We have to continue, it's our job. It is an important situation for the club and we want to do well. “
Barcelona asked a minute of silence before the UEFA game, after he had held one during the training on Monday. They agreed with UEFA not to set up a player for media flakes on Monday before the game, and some members of the team could attend his funeral on Tuesday morning.
Flick continued that he believed that his side was focused on the job in his hand and rejected all notions of complacency that took the second draw with a lead.
“The team looks very focused on me and we talked about it this morning. During this morning's lecture we talked about the good and bad things from the first stage. For our part, nobody thinks the job is being done because we still have the return bone. We want the attitude to be the right one, it is necessary tomorrow. “
Both Barcelona collisions with Benfica in Lisbon have been entertaining things, despite a difference of eight goals between the two games. Flick will not be able to call Pau Cubarsi for the game, because he serves a suspension for his red card in the first stage, but has confirmed that Robert Lewandowski will be available after he had stopped from the starting XI before the game was called.
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