Felk: The road to the final is long, and we will focus on facing Las Palmas
Friday 21-02-2025
The German Hans Felk, the coach of Barcelona, ​​held a press conference to talk about Barcelona's preparations before facing Las Palmas, in the 25th round of the Spanish League, and also touched on the drawing of the Champions League draw that fell in the Catalan team against Benfica in the round of 16.

Regarding Benfica's confrontation in the Champions League, he said: "Benfica is a strong team, and he recently showed his ability to read his opponents well, he will not be an easy competitor at all, and we have to prepare well if we want to cross to the next round."

On the Las Palmas match, he said: "All focus now on the Las Palmas match, it is a decisive match in the La Liga race, we want to show our strength and maintain our lead in the ranking."

He continued: "All our players are in excellent physical condition, but we have to think about distributing the effort between the upcoming matches, especially with the pressure of local and international competitions, from our responsibility as a technical device to maintain the readiness of the players."

He pointed out: "The results of Las Palmas may not reflect in the arrangement their real capabilities. They have done a good performance in front of us in going, and they have distinguished elements despite the injuries, we have to be at the top of our level to achieve victory."

He explained: "It is easy to search for excuses and blame the rulers upon loss, but they are human beings like us and they can make mistakes, we have to protect them and respect their decisions, and focus on playing better instead of objecting to them."

On achieving the trilogy, Felk said: "Winning the trio is not easy, as the challenges are great and fierce competition, but we have to fight in all tournaments and not to make excuses, we face strong teams, and we must maintain our high level throughout the season."

On the news of the injured and the return of some players, he said: "There is good news about some players. Andreas Christines has returned to group training, and he may be ready to face Las Palmas, and we will also regain Firmin Lopez after the end of his punishment, but we still miss Ter Stegen and Mark Bernal due to injury ".

He continued his remarks by talking about Real Madrid, saying: "Real Madrid is a strong team of high -ranking, and it has distinguished players, but we have to focus on ourselves and prove our quality in every match, there is still a long way in the season."

Regarding a possible confrontation against Real Madrid in the Champions League final, he said: "The road to the final is very long, and we first overcome Benfica in the round of 16 before thinking about anything else."

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