Emery: “Barcelona is always difficult but we like the challenge”

Situation 

Unai Emery, coach of Villarreal, faces “the challenge of being able to win in Barcelona and thus certify being able to play in the Conference League ”. A competition for the coach is “Europe and therefore must be respected”. For the Basque coach, they should only “think about our game and that we depend on ourselves ” to achieve the goal. Regarding Gerard Moreno and his possible return, he assures that “we must wait, and although he is working well, we do not want to take risks.”

Gerard Moreno : “This week he has been training with the team and he has done so with good feelings, we will have to wait for this Saturday’s session to find out his situation and how he feels. I have not spoken to him, but apart from the feelings Physically, it’s important to know how he feels ahead of this last game. The idea is that if we have any risk we want to avoid it”.

Recover the team and mentalize it: “The Conference is Europe, so it is a competition that should not be underestimated. The objectives of a season go in different directions, so the final assessment must be made at the end of the season. Right now our goal is the Conference and we have to go for it”.

Important details

Match with Barcelona : “I don’t understand a First Division match and more playing at home in which a professional doesn’t have all the interest in that match.” Low up : “Beyond the individual circumstances, it is always the collective, so all of them will go into the final analysis. One of them is not having two players as important and with a goal as Gerard and Danjuma.” They depend on themselves : “Depending on us is the most important thing, for a part of last week we had it. It depends on us, so we are not going to look anywhere but at our party.” Worse away from home: “At times we have been better or worse at home, it is normal to win more games at home than away. It is true that there are defeats away from home that can have an influence on the results, but I also remember games and results in house that are also in the must”.