Valverde: "It is odd that Leo Messi do not opt to the Balloon of Gold"

This weekend, the FC Barcelona will have to face up to the Villarreal in the fourteenth day of LaLiga Santander. The duel will take place this Sunday in the afternoon in the Camp Nou and will put face to face to two teams that need the points to reach his aims, with the Barcelona having the leadership at stake.

Ernesto Valverde appeared in front of the media to analyse the party. "I expect a Villarreal that tighten us up in determinate moments. They relate well with the balloon. They are a team that can surrender in different diagrams. Previously they generated us a lot of problems inside and hampered us the circulation. Afterwards, up they have players very fast: Gerard, Samuel, Nkambi... They won his first party at last", commented.

Also it commented the defensive fragility of the team in this season: "Yes, it would be interesting to fit less. But this thought have it all the trainers of First. If I pose me the party of morning and throw the sight backwards, try to remain me with the few occasions that did us the Athletic and the a lot of that generate in Eindhoven".

Another of the subjects that commented Valverde was the controversial absence of Leo Messi in the podium of the Balloon of Gold: "it surprises Me the same that to any one that Messi was not in the Balloon of Gold. It is odd. It has been the best player of the Champions the first day, the second and the fifth. The third and the fourth was lesionado. And we did not choose it we, went the UEFA".

The injury of Umtiti

Ernesto Valverde also commented in press conference the relapse of Samuel Umtiti, to the that the cartilage of his knee still follows him giving problems. The technician extremeño did not shed light on the possible time of drop of the French defence, but wished him a prompt recovery, since it is a key piece of the team.

"It is a very important player for all. Lamentably it has problems. We follow with the hope that it put well and can help us this year. Now it will go it went to recover . It is his injury and has to be convinced with the process, have confidence. What want to is that it was well. It is not a simple subject, but at the end is the word of the player the one who commands. We have to accompany him", it sentenced the Txingurri.