Before Tuesday’s crucial match against Atletico Madrid, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick expressed his relief at seeing some injured players recover from injury.
With a 3-1 defeat of Alaves on Saturday, Barca moved to the top of La Liga, while Atletico is only three points clear.
After missing more than a month with a hamstring issue, Pedri made his first appearance for the team on Saturday as a substitute.
Frenkie de Jong, who missed the Alaves game due to family reasons, and he and Diego Simeone are in line to start against Diego Simeone’s rugged outfit.
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“I’m really happy,” he declared. We are returning, so maybe we can raise our game. Flick acknowledged that Uruguayan center-back Ronald Araujo is out, but he said that this was the most crucial factor on Monday.
The German has been criticized for a number of abominable displays, not least of which came in the Catalans’ most famous games, including 3-0 defeat to Chelsea and 2-1 reverses against Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Flick acknowledged that Barca needs to improve despite being the top club.
He admitted, “I am aware that we are not in top form like we were last season.” However, we have potential. And we must raise our bar.”
Source: Channels TV
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