Barcelona coach Hansi Flick dismissed the concept his facet have changed Actual Madrid as favourites to win LaLiga after final weekend’s 4-0 Clásico win.
Barça’s victory towards Madrid on the Bernabéu, their tenth in 11 league video games beneath Flick, moved them six factors clear on the prime of the desk.
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They face Espanyol on Sunday within the Catalan derby on the Olympic Stadium and will lengthen their result in 9 factors with Madrid’s journey to Valencia this weekend postponed as a result of lethal flooding within the east of Spain.
“There’s a lengthy, great distance [to go],” Flick stated in a information convention on Saturday when requested if Barça, unfancied in the beginning of the marketing campaign, had been now the favourites to raise the title.
“Numerous issues can occur that we do not anticipate. We’re in a great temper and we’ve got a stream. We have now to maintain occurring. That is our plan. It is like we all the time acted, we put together properly for the subsequent match.
“After we win, it is also constructive to have a good time this, however then we’ve got to concentrate on the subsequent match. It is a lengthy, lengthy street to the top of the league.”
After ending October with a 100% report in all competitions, which noticed him named LaLiga’s Supervisor of the Month, Flick is now making ready for his first Catalan derby.
Frenkie de Jong, Dani Olmo and Gavi, who all got here off the bench within the win towards Madrid, are all pushing for his or her first begins after coming back from lengthy harm layoffs.
“I do know what it means, a derby, Espanyol towards Barça,” Flick added. “I feel it will likely be a tricky match. After a extremely nice week, it is crucial to offer 100% like regular with the main focus, depth and high quality we’ve got.
“I’m proud of [Saturday’s] coaching. The crew confirmed the standard and the issues we need to see [against Espanyol]. In the event that they do this, the followers can be joyful.
“We have now another evening so we’ll see what occurs in regards to the [starting lineup], however I admire what I see from Frenkie. You’ll be able to see within the second half in Madrid, he gave us stability, additionally ball management.
“He is a implausible participant. We are going to see. He additionally had large harm, lots of months not taking part in, so now we begin with him and it helps us to have extra choices, extra potentialities.”
Madrid’s sport at Valencia is considered one of two matches suspended in LaLiga this weekend as a result of floods which have taken the lives of over 200 individuals.
Villarreal’s sport towards Rayo Vallecano has additionally been referred to as off.
Flick despatched a message of help to these affected by the storms in Spain and steered that all the video games within the nation’s prime flight ought to have been halted this week.
“It is a tragedy,” he stated. “We have now this in Germany three years in the past. It is actually horrible to see. If we are able to help the area we’ll do this, in fact, however the different issues the league has to resolve that.
“If I might make the choice possibly I’d [postpone all the games] as a result of it is a tragedy for this area, additionally for Spain. Possibly sure.”
