Hansi Flick said there was no luck Barcelona Success this season but knows that trophies cares when preparing for Wednesday “finals before the finals” Atlético Madrid in Copa del rey.
Barça and Atlético Drew 4-4 In the first stage of their semi -final Copa in February and finally meet in the game return match in Metropolitano this week, while the winners face either Real Madrid or Real sociedad In the finals of April 26.
“It’s like the finals before the finals,” said coach Barça Flick at a press conference on Tuesday. “They want to achieve this final and it’s the same with us.
“My team, players can be proud of what they do.
“We know that we haven’t reached (nothing) – ok, we have won (Spanish) Supercop, but it’s in the past – and now we want to go to the finals, but it’s not easy.
“Atlético has a great coach with (Diego) Simeone, experienced team, know how they want to play. You can see in matches until the last second that they are. It will be a difficult match.”
The Atlético Fortunes differed significantly from Barça in 2025.
They moved Lobby When they defeated Flick’s side in December while they were still alive Champions League At that time too.
Since then, however, nine points behind Barça, who led the LALIGA, and Real Madrid was excluded from the Champions League.
Although Copa this season is the best chance of Atlético the best chance of silver, Flick, whose Barça team is undefeated in 2025 in 20 games and still lives in three competitions, they do not believe that they will present more threats than before.
“Maybe it’s the closest title that they can win, but it’s the same for us,” he said. “One victory and then in the finals. While there are a lot of matches in Lalize.
“Atlético will play as if they were playing normally, nothing else. They have their style. The intensity is always high, aggressive. That’s normal. I love how they play football, also with great speed in their game. I love their style as they play.”
Flick also confirmed Rap is “absolutely ready” to return to the event after Missing Barç’s victory Health and Girona After an international duty with Brazil.
Defender Pau Cubarsi is also “available to play” from the beginning after an ankle injury with Spain Two weeks ago.
Elsewhere, goalkeeper Marc-André ter stegen This week he returned to light training.
The Germany International has not appeared since September, when it seemed that his knee injuries had expelled him for the rest of the season.
“We’ll see step by step,” Flick said about the chance of Ter Stegen to play again in the current campaign. “We have to wait and see what happens. There’s no time to decide or say something about it.
“The good news is that he’s in a good moment. Everything goes in the right direction and we’re very happy to be at this stage. We’ll see what happens.”
