“I have a feeling we will win, even if this is our black animal”

“My hunch is that we will beat Barça, even if we have the ‘black beast’ in front of us”. Imanol Bailiff He expects the same competitive Barcelona as before, but this time he hopes to break the curse of 32 years and put a pike at the Camp Nou. “If we get it, it’s fucking hard. Many teams have a hard time winning there, not just Real, it will be for a reason.” However, he stressed that they have already beaten “these guys” against Real Madrid and Atlético, “who are at the same level”, and plan to do so now against the team from Xaviagainst which they did not win, but “we came close”.

“They are celebrating and they should, but they want to be the same team as before and maintain what they have done so far,” said the Real coach, who already knows his counterpart Xavi He will make many changes: “The same players will not play, but there is no doubt that it will be the same rivalry”. And it is, in the opinion of the coach of Real, “we will see a super-competitive Barcelona, ​​​​​​with changes or without”.

Against the “wall” culé

For the Orio coach, “it’s clear that Real are playing better”, but, in his opinion, “it doesn’t mean anything”. “We will try to face a team that has shown that it is the best all season.” Consider your counterpart Xavi Hernandez as “a great coach”, capable of introducing new “offensive nuances” to a Barça that, for the Real coach, “defensively has become a wall”. imanol shows his admiration for the small number of goals conceded by the league champions, 13 in 34 games, and only two at home!: “Barça have done a lot of good things all year and I don’t think they will relax now,” he said. He is convinced that among the catalog of goals of the Blaugrana “will be remembered as the least thrashed team in the big leagues.”

Vague imanol Yes Xaviin the absence of such Gavi because of the suspension, he will choose to strengthen the midfield with the fourth part or choose to pull the wingers in the most offensive part: “I will see a fierce team, hungry to win in front of the fans to enjoy the all week like they did,” he launched.

In his team, the Oriotarra, which must be done without Silva for this clash, it means the mood is through the roof. Fourth, five points from the fifth, “we signed the same situation two years ago, the past, this and the four.” Of course, remember that “of the last four rivals, three are from the Champions League and I include Sevilla there, who recovered in their best version since they Thank you“. The txuri urdin coach is convinced that his team can win the four remaining games and that Barça and Atlético are their rivals away from home. Almería and Sevilla will visit Anoeta.

A win for Alkiza

imanol also want to win “thinking about Inaki (Alkiza) and his family, this will be the best gift.” In fact, a minute of silence will be observed before the game. “When Barcelona enter competition mode, it doesn’t matter if they are in celebration mode or not”, insists of the Gipuzkoan coach, promising: “We will try it and there is a possibility, obviously”.

This time, Real will play knowing what their main rivals for fourth place, Villarreal, who visit Girona in Montilivi at 2:00 pm on Saturday, have done: “We don’t care what our rivals, but what we do. do us. It’s clear to me. Tomorrow, the game starts at lunchtime, as we always do,” he announced.