Valverde: "Triplete? I conform me with winning to the Sporting"

In statements conceded this Tuesday in press conference, Ernesto Valverde analysed the party of the second day of the UEFA Champions League 2017-18 against the Sporting of Portugal, convinced that the Barça will go back to show a big performance on the lawn for fraguar a new consecutive victory in this start of season.

This yes, will have to walk with care in front of the Sporting. "The Sporting is a very strong team, already did a big season the past year, now has begun very well, a tie and six victories in League, won in Greece, deploys very well to the against, although also it likes him dominate, very good external players and very fast".

"I did once the individual labeling to Messi and did not see it clear"

Andrés Iniesta will aspire to a new titularity. "Iniesta has marked during his career the style of game of the team, expect that it keep the level that is giving, already there will be time to see how him dosificamos", commented Valverde on the captain manchego. The one who will not be is Alcácer, that not even has gone summoned. "Alcácer Was summoned in Girona, today is not it, but are 24 and is impossible to summon to all", answered.

It is possible that the Sporting of Lisbon also opt for carrying out an individual labeling on Leo Messi, as it did the Girona with Maffeo. "Each team proposes the game of attack that wants and the defensive game that wants. If they pose an individual labeling to Messi, will look for solutions. I did once the labeling to the man to Messi in a final and did not see it clear and did not go back it to do, it is necessary to try take out party if it happens again because I do not see it as much as an advantage for the rival", remembered, referring to his stage in the Athletic of Bilbao.

"Semedo Has gone acomplando little by little, expect that it follow progressing"

Valverde Accepts the praises, but is conscious that this finish to begin and everything changes very fast in the world of the football. "When I said that this was a hecatombre does a month referred me to that everything changes overnight. We expect not changing and keep the level in a month. If I have fallen of foot in the Barça? If we do not win, the coming month they can me crucificar, everything depends on the results".

Elogió The adaptation of Semedo, that has won to the fans culé. "Nelson Semedo has gone joining up little by little to the game of the team, is not easy being the Barça, adapts well to the game of attack and to the defensive. We expect that it follow progressing. If it will play it was at last? It is a possibility, the party is was, yes".

And it signalled that they like him the polyvalent players like Sergi Roberto. "They like me the polyvalent players like Sergi Roberto, that can play advance and backwards, inside and out, will follow alternating positions". For the moment, besides, it does not think in titles. "Triplete? I conform me for now with winning to the Sporting. Before it spoke to win some title and now speaks of tripletes and sextetes with a lightness...".

Valverde, conservative and patient in the Barça

Also ensalzó to Deulofeu and Paulinho, although it asked patience for the first. "Deulofeu? It treats to have confidence in one same, the forwards change a lot in function of if they mark or no. We are very happy with Paulinho, is truth that at the beginning there was some doubt by his signing but more by out that inside. It is something that already has happened other times with other players. It has integrated very well and have hopes that it give us much more", remarked afterwards on the Brazilian.

Finally, has clear which is the premise from now: follow winning. "I know the noise mediático that generates the Barça and know that if you win everything is of colour of rose and if you do not win is the other way around. Always it is necessary to go back to win. In other teams in which I have been was more complicated to win so many parties followed, the statistics sometimes are more than the players that have to no of the trainer. The statistical it is necessary to know read them and do not guarantee you win in the future", concluded the 'Txingurri'.