Barcelona coach Hansi Flick says his group will want extra than simply Lamine Yamal to make the “impossible possible” in Tuesday’s Copa del Rey semifinal towards Atlético Madrid.
Barça had been hammered 4-0 within the first leg of the tie in Madrid final month, leaving them with a mountain to climb when the 2 groups reconvene at Spotify Camp Nou this week for the return sport.
However, with the house crowd behind them and Yamal contemporary from scoring his first profession hattrick on the weekend towards Villarreal, Flick says Barça consider they will do it.
“The team is the focus,” Flick mentioned in a information convention when requested if Yamal must be at his greatest for Barça to tug off an unbelievable turnaround.
“How he played after [his first goal on Saturday] was great to see, I am very happy about that, but we need everyone. It’s not only Lamine, we need everyone on the pitch.
“We are 4 objectives behind. We need to make the unimaginable attainable. This is the objective tomorrow. We understand it will not be simple, however we by no means surrender.
“A clean sheet is important, but also to believe in our strength, to believe that we can do it.”
It is unknown territory for Flick, who says he has by no means been to this point behind in his managerial profession going into the second leg of a cup tie.
He is utilizing Barça’s 4-0 win over Borussia Dortmund final season — which was a primary leg sport within the Champions League — as a blueprint forward of the comeback try.
“I was not in this situation before, but I am not scared about this,” he added.
“You always have to believe. Everyone in the stadium will support us. We have a good example, too: the game against Dortmund here last season, 4-0.
“Every half, we need to rating two objectives. Maybe it might be one objective. We know it is troublesome. We play a incredible group. They harm us loads within the final match.”
Barça have misplaced Robert Lewandowski forward of the sport.
The Poland striker fractured his eye socket towards Villarreal and joins Frenkie de Jong, Gavi and Andreas Christensen on the damage checklist, whereas Eric García is suspended.
Barça have strengthened in other areas since the first leg loss to Atlético, though, with the return of Pedri and Raphinha from damage in current weeks, which Flick says has remodeled his group’s performances.
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“It’s good to have [Pedri back]; we are going to see what number of minutes he can play,” Flick said.
“We noticed within the final sport towards Villarreal a very completely different group. Everyone was combating, numerous depth in our sport.
“This is what we have to do tomorrow, play like a team, like one unit. We have to play smart, but with this hunger to make it happen.”
