“We have to suffer at Camp Nou”

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Ernesto Valverde returned to the Camp Nou today. He does this after leaving the Barça bench with two League titles and a Cup to his credit and having lost just two games in three Champions League appearances. Some defeats, yes, very painful for the atmosphere of the culé because of the wide advantage achieved in the first leg against Roma and Liverpool, respectively.

One of the things that attracted more attention in the third period of the Gasteiz coach at Athletic was his commitment to Vesga or Dani García with Sancet and Muniain in the midfield. The coach does not believe this is a result of his time at the Barça club.

“I adapt to the players I have. It’s not a question why in Barcelona they play with 4-3-3 and with two interiors or whatever, that’s why I play in Athletic. I have to adapt to the players I have here and when I went to Barcelona I had to adapt to the players that were there. You have to build the team so that it is balanced enough both offensively and defensively and here you try to do it,” he explained.

Valverde’s argument in this regard does not end there: “Based on the players I see who are in the team, we are playing like this, but we will see. The season is long and it is true that I always play with the players more or less internally, but there were times when there were other types of players here at Athletic and we played in a different way”.

The Athletic coach turns the page on the past and focuses all his expectations on tonight’s match. “Barça is the rival in front of us and we want the three points. I know it’s a difficult, complicated field and they are fine. This is a team that is having a good campaign in the League. The other day they lost the first game and until then they just gave up a draw”.

Source: La Verdad

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