Martino: "It will be necessary to equalise the intensity that proposes the Athletic of Madrid"

Gerardo 'Tata' Martino faces his fourth commitment with the Athletic of Madrid of the season, after the two of the Supercopa of Spain and the one of League, and all finished in tie. The technician of the FC Barcelona knows the difficulty that has a rival "that notices him strong and unsuspecting", no only in the League of Champions but also in the League. "The secret of the party goes through to equalise the intensity, but our weapon is to be the Barça. It will be necessary to equalise the intensity that proposes the rival". Another of the keys of the eliminatory against the Athletic of Madrid is "not playing a desperate party". "Always we have to have the confidence and the certainty to play with a lot of order. If we keep the form will have more possibilities", aimed Martino in front of the means during the previous press conference to the party.

The trainer has remembered that in the three previous commitments against the Athletic of Madrid of this course "the Barça has not gone behind the ball", and added: "we will have to have care with the losses that can have and the spaces that it can have the Athletic to the against". "I do not foresee an open party, but yes an Athletic that go out to look for a goal because it knows the value to mark like visitor", ensured the technician. It is thus that Martino has remembered that the Tuesday the important is "to treat to win and of not receiving goals, this would give a margin of tranquility".

Before the Classical in the Bernabéu Andrés Iniesta and Víctor Valdés affirmed that it would be necessary to be brave to take out a good result. Asked after if in this eliminatory also is necessary to be it, Martino has left it clear: "Without courage these boys would not have won what have won neither would be where are. I know that the courage is guaranteeed". Precisely the technician has spoken of Iniesta and Burn Turan: "Have a knowledge of what needs in each moment of the party. They know to choose the played". "In footballers like Andrés is very difficult to find some comparison. They are only that appear from time to time".

On Neymar has recognised that "it can be decisive in the three places of attack". Messi has not been to the 100 by 100 in the parties against the Athletic of this year. "The big difference is that we will have it from the start and also the competition where are". Finally it has commented the good moment of form of Xavi: "it Is arriving to a big moment of form at the end of season, this would involve to say that the rotations have gone well".

Finally, Martino explained that it foresees "a similar party to the of the derbi" regarding hardness and also of referee's performance. However, it has not wanted to adentrarse a lot in speaking of the referee's performances to which have been subjected in the last parties. Martino, has recognised that is "experiencing for the first time this type of situations" and besides, has explained that "has opinion of all what sees, even, of the pisotón of Busquets but does not want to say at all and for the record have many win". It does not want to speak because, according to him, "it will not take out at all to say it" and therefore, prefers "to remain in the situation in which it is". However, it has left clear that has seen "some 750 or 800 times the played of Busquets".