The situation
Drops: We have players who were dropped and just arrived at the game. Let’s see if we can count on Capoue, Lo Celso and Mojica. Foyht and Gerard are closer, but they will not be for the game. Coquelin is safe due to muscle injury. The first three, we are pending. Plus the possible incorporation of Kiko Femenía.
Match: The match can be viewed in two ways. The pessimistic in which the capacity of FC Barcelona is revealed and it is a game in which, even if you play a good game, it is difficult to achieve anything. Or we can focus on the great challenge of playing against FC Barcelona, bringing out all your personality, being above the qualities they may have and facing it with the optimism of enjoying the game and going for the result.
Stats there: The stats are more negative than positive. Even so, I remember very nice games with the teams that I have coached. We have in mind to play nice games and give our best version and from that to find a good result. We come from achieving a victory last season, in a different context, it was the last day of LaLiga, we gave a good level. They come from losing the classic, they are wounded and they will be more fearsome.
Team situation away and two defeats: We have to find our best version, learn what we don’t do well and apply it from now on. We come from playing in San Sebastián, where we didn’t have a good game. It was a disappointment, but we had a good reaction against Osasuna both on a competitive level and on a personality level. We have to compete well, have character and personality and the ball. We have to win duels to go for his goal. They are going to look for us in 1vs1 by bands, they have Lewandowski who is a born scorer. We have a good experience from last season, but tomorrow it will be a great challenge.
Match key
We want to be competitive in all aspects that the match will require. We want to find the answer we found against Austria Wien and Osasuna, although the demands are going to be greater. Hobby trip: Barcelona is a very nice square. All who move, we appreciate it very much. We encourage you to come cheer us on. We will try to make them feel proud of this Villarreal. Barcelona situation: We know that it will be a match against a team that arrives with a very complicated Champions League after a draw against Inter and losing a classic against Real Madrid, which could be a normal result, but for a team like FC Barcelona that He lives in the highest demands and always wants to be a champion, he is surrounded by pessimism a bit, but that’s how dangerous they are. The best version of FC Barcelona is tremendous. We are going to try not to see the best version of FC Barcelona. We want to be optimistic from the regularity that we want to find.