Marc Casado and Hansi Flick on Barcelona v Young Boys
30/09/2024
the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona, Spain
30/09/2024
the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona, Spain
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00:30You have a 1-3 chance against Champions, but I would like to know how is the team before this game, what importance do you give them and also the value of playing in front of your fans in a competition like the Champions League and in this new different format. Thank you.
00:54I think the team is eager to debut in this competition this year. We think we have to do a good job in front of the fans to excite them and I think the team is eager to do it.
01:25What changes the most when you play in front of the fans like last year? Champions League, intensity, physicality, what is the biggest difference?
01:36The difference is obvious. There is a difference when you play in so many different categories. The physicality and the quality of the rivals is much better.
01:48I think the team helps us a lot to do it in the best way. It gives us a lot of confidence to do it well and I think it is easier to play in front of players like Pedri and Rafa.
02:06Hi Marc, good morning. What does Hansi Flick have that in such a short time he has managed to implement his ideas and what did he tell you after the hard defeat in the SADAR that cut the possible record of 8-8?
02:25How have you faced the hours after that defeat, what is coming in Champions League, a very important game and what does he have?
02:32As everyone says, it is a very close game. It gives a lot of confidence to all the players and the whole squad, which is very important.
02:42We are aware of what we have to do in each game. That is important to get good results.
02:48After the defeat in the SADAR, the team is eager to turn things around. In a competition like the Champions League, you have to give 100% in each game to get victories.
03:01As I said before, we will try to give our best to give the fans the first victory of the season in this competition.
03:09Hi Marc, how are you? I am Alejandro Segura for Radio Marca.
03:14I asked you before about the change of intensity from the first team to the first team of Barça, but I wanted to ask you about your change.
03:23You are being a very important player for Hansi Flick, you are making a hole in the center of Barça's field.
03:30How are you experiencing everything that is to be a footballer of the first team and with such importance? Thank you.
03:35Well, as I always say, I think the most important thing is to work hard in every training session and every game so that things go as well as possible.
03:44As I said before, next to this incredible squad it is much easier to play. I am trying to adapt in every game and every situation to do my best.
03:55Hi, Alberto Hernández from Televiso Española.
04:00I wanted to ask you if the team can notice in any way, emotionally, the fact of having suffered this first defeat in LaLiga the other day in the field of Sassuna, after that good dynamic that you had.
04:14If in any way it can affect negatively.
04:17Well, I think the team is very eager to win the first game in the Champions League.
04:25The defeat against Sadar is normal, nobody likes to lose, but I think the team is in a good mentality.
04:31We are working every day to give our 100% and to win as many games as possible and we hope it can be like that tomorrow.
04:41Hi, Marc. Good morning.
04:43Hi, Jordi Blanco from ESPN.
04:46It seems to me that this is the first time that you sit here in the press room, which gives an idea of the status that you are starting to take in the team.
04:55You are young, it is the first year that you are with full rights in the first squad and yet you have teammates in the team, even younger than you, with less experience, mixed with a team that is much of the future.
05:09Do you think that the expectations that are being created with this team in the short term are too many?
05:16Or do you think that the team is fully prepared to fight for all the titles this first season?
05:24Well, I think that there is a very good squad.
05:28It is true that it is a young squad and there are many of us who are starting in the world of professional football.
05:34But as I said, I think that it is a very good squad and we all have the ambition to win titles and many games.
05:41As some of my teammates have recently said, I think that this club and this squad deserve to always give their best and try to win as many titles as possible.
05:55Hi, Marc. Good morning. Alex Pintanel from Relevo.
05:58I wanted to ask you about Flick. What impact has it had on your evolution and your confidence in the first team?
06:09Well, I think that the coach has helped me a lot to start playing games in the first team of Barça.
06:17I think that he gives me a lot of confidence to play.
06:20He also tells me very clearly what I have to do and I think that he helps me to get the best out of me on the pitch.
06:28I am very grateful to him for this.
06:36Hi, Mari Carmen Torres from El Diario y Marca.
06:39Hi, I wanted to know what you know about the Young Boys as a rival.
06:47What do you expect tomorrow from this rival, which is one of the most affordable teams considering that Bayern Munich is coming later.
06:54What are your thoughts about this team? How have you analysed it? Thank you.
06:58Well, we know that it will be a tough team. There are no easy teams in this competition.
07:04It will be a compact team. We know that they have very strong and fast players.
07:10We have to watch out so that they don't do a lot of counter-attacks. That's where they can hurt us.
07:16Hi, Marc. Laia ServallĂł from Di Athletic.
07:19Now that they say that it's close to the return of Frenkie de Jong,
07:22I don't know if Jens has spoken to you to tell you what to expect from your game now,
07:25what will be your role, if you will play as a double pivot or a bit more advanced. Thank you.
07:29Well, I think that the return of Frenkie is beneficial for the whole team.
07:34The more available players we have in the squad, the more competition we will have and the better we will be able to play as a team.
07:40The coach hasn't spoken to me about a situation like this.
07:43We hope that Frenkie will be able to play with us again soon and I'm sure that he will contribute a lot.
07:52Hi, Marc. Nacho Jiménez from Más que Pelotas.
07:55This month of September you have been nominated in LaLiga as one of the best players in the U23s.
08:01I don't know if you consider that this is one of your best moments in your sporting career
08:05and how do you see your consolidation in the first team? Thank you.
08:11Well, yes, it's clear that, as I said, these are my first games in the first division
08:16and the truth is that I'm feeling comfortable, I'm feeling good on the pitch.
08:19I think that both the coach and the whole squad are helping me a lot so that I can be like this.
08:26I'm happy with how things are going at the moment and I hope that they will continue like this.
08:32Hi, Marc. Carlos Monfort here, live from Gijantes.
08:37This is your first year, but it doesn't give you this feeling.
08:40It seems that you have been playing in the first team for a long time.
08:43You feel comfortable, you feel resolute, the coach trusts you.
08:45In your opinion, do you think this is the best moment of your career?
08:49Did you expect this last year? Thank you.
08:52Well, it's possible. I think that, as I said, both the coach and the whole squad are helping me a lot
08:59so that I can feel comfortable on the pitch and give my best performance.
09:03I hope that things will continue like this and I want to thank everyone for this.
09:10We'll take the last two questions, Guillem and AdriĂ .
09:14Hi, Marc. How are you? Guillem Borras for Iniestazo.
09:18A bit about Hansi Flick, I would like you to tell us what has surprised you the most in these first months.
09:23There is also a moment that you have just renewed.
09:26Even last year, in the mixed zone with the squad, you told us that you were not quite sure
09:30if you would be in the first team or if you could even be ceded.
09:34We also saw in the first training sessions that you talked a lot with Hansi.
09:39What would you highlight the most about the coach and in this process of consolidation in the first team?
09:44What importance has Hansi Flick had personally?
09:48Well, as I said, I think he has helped me a lot to get my maximum performance.
09:54I think he has helped me a lot to understand many aspects of football
09:58and, above all, it is something that I already had, but he has helped me a lot to get my 100%
10:03and to give my maximum in every training session and every match.
10:08I think things can go better this way.
10:13Hi, Marc. Adrià Ragas for El Diez del Barça.
10:16There has been a lot of talk about the change in the physical work with Flick on the bench.
10:19I wanted to focus a little more on the more tactical level.
10:22For example, Xavi insisted a lot on the squares,
10:25although the midfielders moved more in that area.
10:27I don't know if Flick also insists a lot on these concepts and gives you a little more freedom.
10:30I don't know what you can tell us about it. Thank you.
10:32Well, in the end, I think that with the coach we have things very clear.
10:37We know what we have to do.
10:39We also work a lot tactically.
10:41We do a lot of analysis, both of the rivals and of us, of the post-match.
10:45I think the team is understanding what the coach wants
10:49and I think things are going well if we all understand each other.
10:52Very well, thank you very much, Marc.
10:54The coach of FC Barcelona, Hansi Flick, will be with us shortly.
10:57Thank you all.
11:31Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the press conference of the coach of FC Barcelona, Hansi Flick.
11:58Remember to say your name and middle name before each question.
12:01We remind you that today's press conference will be in German.
12:04You can ask in Catalan or Spanish and there will be simultaneous translation in this language.
12:09Let's start with Marc Brau.
12:14Hello, Marc Brau from Barça One.
12:17Tomorrow you play the first match of this new Champions League at home,
12:20finally, in front of your fans.
12:22I imagine that you want to play a good match,
12:24but I would like to ask you, what kind of rival do you expect?
12:27This young boy, I don't know if he can be a reference to the match you played against Tom Villa,
12:31if you expect him to be a bit more defensive.
12:33I don't know if you expect a young boy who looks like the one from the first match.
12:43OK, now I have to switch to German.
12:45We have analysed the team in the same way as we would analyse any other team.
12:49We have won the last title, but this year it didn't work out at the beginning.
12:53But we have seen against Tom Villa that the team is very brave,
12:57that they have a lot of players who have a good speed.
13:00Especially in the switch-over, they do it very well.
13:03We have to be careful.
23:43I normally don't talk about players who are not in the team,
23:48who are not in the team and currently he is not.
23:52But it will not be guaranteed that no player who is here at Barca
23:58will get number one or a regular place.
24:01That doesn't exist.
24:07A question in German, if possible.
24:10Lukas Werther from the Swiss newspaper Blick, you had a very, very good start to the season.
24:15Now that you've won the Monaco game, has this defeat against Osasuno changed anything in the preparation for this game?
24:23Are you a little bit out of this great flow or are you preparing exactly the same as if you had won the game on the weekend?
24:30No, it's a big difference whether you win or lose the game, but still the situation is just the way I experience the team.
24:38The team is very focused and just having fun playing football, having fun training.
24:45And again, we love this mentality in the team, this atmosphere in the team every day.
24:52It's really a team and it's really fun to work with them.
25:00Hello, Nils Henke, also from Switzerland, from 20 Minuten.
25:06At the beginning, you already talked a little bit about IBE.
25:11You described them as a young team that acts courageously.
25:16Which players do you think stand out at IBE?
25:21And how is it to keep a team in German again?
25:25I already gave an interview in German and then I spoke briefly with Serge, also in German.
25:35And then he looks at me and says, I don't know.
25:38But it's good when you don't know if you're speaking German or English.
25:45It would be even better if it would still work in Spanish.
25:50Then I would be very happy.
25:52I always see the team as a big team.
25:55And I think you have good players, fast players, who attack deep, who have deep runs.
26:06And I always see the opponent as a complete team.
26:10And that's why it's important that the players know what's coming for them.
26:17Hello, I'm a Polish journalist.
26:23I speak a little Spanish.
26:26What can you bring to Barcelona, Wojciech Szczęsny and Blado Kornel?
26:37I talked to him, but I can't say more.
26:42I already said that I would talk to the players on Saturday.
27:01Thank you, good afternoon.
27:12Thank you, good afternoon.
27:42Thank you, good afternoon.