Barcelona Supports Flick with Official Statement

The Spanish club Barcelona announced in an official statement its support for coach Hans Flick's remarks, in which he criticized the scheduling of La Liga matches and the lack of consideration for the team's participation in the Champions League.

The match between Barcelona and Real Valladolid has been rescheduled to take place on Saturday, May 3, instead of Sunday, knowing that the team will play against Inter on Tuesday, May 6, in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Barcelona requested that the match against Real Valladolid be held at 6:30 PM, but La Liga rejected this request, and it is scheduled for 9:00 PM, leaving the team with only 72 hours to prepare for the match against Inter.

The club stated: "The club has expressed its dissatisfaction on several occasions this season regarding the standards set by La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation concerning the scheduling of first-team matches."

It added: "We believe, as our coach Hans Flick publicly expressed yesterday, whom we fully support and completely agree with his statements, that the relevant authorities in Spanish football should be more considerate of clubs participating in all official competitions during the final stages of the season, like our club."

It continued: "This is an ongoing issue, and while we do not doubt the difficulty of organizing a busy match schedule, Barcelona will continue to defend its interests before local and international football bodies to ensure that the sports calendar is more balanced and reasonable."

In this context, Barcelona will file an official complaint with the football governing bodies to prevent the recurrence of such situations that harm the most important elements of the game, which are the players.