Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has confirmed that Wojciech Szczesny will start again against Atalanta in the Champions League for Inaki Pena. The latter was enforced as number one after the injury of Marc-Andre ter Stegen, but since the change of the year, Szczesny has been preferred.
That is despite the series of errors, including a red card, a fine and a communication error that has cost the Blaugrana a goal, but so far Szczesny has gone away without one of them cost Barcelona points. Flick was asked exactly what it was that the balance in favor of Szczesny had tipped.
“I know that if I say something good about Tek, it seems that Inaki is weakened. I don't like that. My decision is to choose the goalkeeper. They are both very good keepers, great keepers. We decided tomorrow for Tek. I always look for the best for the team and at the moment I see it that way, although Inaki has done very well. “
“It's always, it's hard. The goalkeeper is very special. It is one of the most difficult decisions I had to make [since joining Barcelona]. “
Flick was also full of praise for the opponents of Wednesday Atalanta, and noticed that he did not think that Gian Piero Gasperini would change his plans much with breathola lookman out of effect.
“It is clear that when you miss such an important player, you influence yourself. But Gasperini knows his team very well and I don't think he will change his style so much. He has very trained automation and I don't think he will change his plan a lot. “
“It is always difficult to play against Italians because they defend very well. Atalanta plays one against one all over the field, they make very fast transitions and we talked about it with the team and how we want to play against them. “
The decision about the goalkeeper spot threatens to make relationships between film and Pena difficult in the future. Earlier, Flick Pena had told that he would keep the starting point, provided that he did not make any mistakes. So far that has not been the case, and yet Szczesny has forgiven several striking mistakes in its first performances.
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