Flick: Yamal is ready to face Athletic Bilbao, and we have to play as one team

Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, appeared in important press statements before facing Athletic Bilbao, in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup.

Flick said about receiving the team in Jeddah: “We arrived last night in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, then we had dinner. The people here in Jeddah love football and know all the team members, and this is really wonderful.”

And about confrontation Athletic Bilbao said: “Athletic Bilbao is a good team and they have great players. They have made great progress and made good progress in the recent period in the Spanish League and other tournaments.”

He continued: “ I know what is going on here. FC Barcelona is very special and I love everything related to Barcelona, ​​and it is very wonderful to work with this team. All members of the team are ready for this tournament, and the Bilbao match will be a very difficult match, and we will see what will happen of course in the match. The Super Cup is important to us, whether for the club, for the players, or for me as a coach.”

Regarding the scoring crisis of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, he said: “Dani Olmo is an excellent player, and we miss him, of course, because he is capable. To completely change the course of any match, but in the end, we have to wait and accept the matter. We have to play as one team, and we must show that we are an integrated team.”

When asked Regarding the readiness of Lamine Yamal, he said: “Lamine Yamal trained for several days with the team, and I think he is ready to play this tournament and will be present against Athletic Bilbao in the next match.”

Regarding the news of Neco Williams’ absence from the match, he said "I didn't know that. It's about the whole team, not one player. As I said before, the Athletic Bilbao team is special and it will be a very difficult match against a good team."