Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has confirmed that Inaki Pena will stay as their beginning goalkeeper going ahead, two months on from the Catalan facet selecting up Wojciech Szczesny out of retirement.
Many anticipated Szczesny to take over as soon as Marc-Andre ter Stegen went down injured, given their respective CVs within the recreation, however Flick has maintained belief in Pena. That paid dividends throughout El Clasico, making a number of essential saves.
Frenkie de Jong nonetheless has ache in his ankle, and each in competitors and coaching, he reveals noticeable insecurity and extreme warning in duels. This hesitancy clashes with Hansi Flick’s model, which calls for depth, relentless urgent. So, until De Jong returns to 100%, his…
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Flick was requested whether or not Szczesny would have an opportunity to play quickly.
“He’s now performing very well within the coaching. However in the intervening time the plan is to not change that, so Inaki is primary. At all times stated it earlier than, and this stays the identical.”
The German supervisor stated he didn’t discover that Raphinha held onto the captain’s armband, regardless of Frenkie de Jong approaching towards Las Palmas, and didn’t know why they didn’t. As well as, he additionally waved away complaints concerning the refereeing in the identical recreation, saying he didn’t need it to come back off as an excuse. His key message was about seeing extra struggle from his gamers.