Gabi: "It is the day to do something big against the FC Barcelona"

It is not a type of which crease in front of any rival neither in any type of stage. Therefore it is the captain of the Athletic of Madrid of the "Cholo" Simeone. Gabriel Fernández Sands alias "Gabi" appeared in the previous press conference to the party in front of the FC corresponding Barcelona to the turn of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League and left clear that his attitude does not change neither an apex far of the terrain of game.

And it is that the Madrilenian player threw by the tangente when affirming that this Wednesday is the day so that his do "something big" in front of the Barça. "I do not fix me in the path of the Barcelona, the Athletic wants to litigate with the best and is the day to do something big against the Barça and be still in this competition that so much us ilusiona", affirms asertivamente.

And to achieve this aim, on the one hand his will have to have the cold head. "The key is to have the emotions controlled, know how it is necessary to play, the team knows from does three or four years how it is necessary to play this type of parties", explained Gabi. Asked after the difficulty to play in front of Leo Messi, said that "it is difficult to prepare you to play against Messi, prepare me to play against the Barcelona. It is desequilibrante, with helps can stop him, although we know that it will result complicated. We will see in which position starts in the Calderón".

Finally it was asked after two mates, one that will be absent by sanction as it is Fernando Torres and another that could substitute it in the eleven, like the international Belgian Yannick Carrasco. Of the first had to well say that "it knew that Fernando in this end went to contribute a lot of things. It contributes goal, speed and is an important drop. The team goes to sobreponer and the one who go out by him will do it well". And of the extreme stood out his big adaptation to the team. "When it came it was a more fragile player, is learning to compete to the level of the Athletic. Has disequilibrium in band and is the different player of the staff", concluded.