Ernesto Valverde in a press conference of the FC Barcelona

THE DERBI, DEMANDING PARTY

Valverde Values a key week for the Barça and speech of the injuries of Messi and Dembélé

Published:29/03/2019 - 15:26h

Updated:29/03/2019 - 15:26h

The stop of selections already is history, and the FC Barcelona takes action with a derbi against the RCD Espanyol. Ernesto Valverde has ensured that the team encara a key week for LaLiga, and has given details of the injuries of Leo Messi and Ousmane Dembélé

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It does some months, Ernesto Valverde ensured that the international stops divide the season in stages, and to the FC Barcelona has arrived him the hour to struggle by the titles. After the last commitments of selections of the course, the clubs go back to go in in scene, and in the case of the Catalans, want to follow advancing to the conquest of LaLiga, the Champions and the Glass of Rey.

Like this it has announced it the technician in the previous press conference to the derbi against the RCD Espanyol, in which it has warned that his face a key week. Further of elogiar to the blanquiazules and admit that in these parties does fault a point more than intensity, the Txingurri has expanded his look to signal to three consecutive meetings that they could define his options in the championship of the regularity.

"It arrives the decisive part of the competition. Have three parties of league, are nine points and the three are complicated. We play the derbi, against the Villarreal and against the Athletic. We know what play us, each possible victory has a lot of value. There is less margin to recover. We know the connotations that has the derbi", has indicated, aiming that the intention is to resolve the challenges one to one.

Although it has not given too many tracks on his plans, the extremeño has opened the door to the rotations, because it has learnt of past errors and does not want that the physical problems and the fatigue finish happening bill: "we will have to do changes in these three parties, taking into account the calendar. It is necessary to go day in day out and see the accumulation of minutes of the players and if there are some annoyances. We go going in in decisive parties and want them cool".

"It can be key, are nine points on 30. And we carry 10 of advantage, depends on the results can be keys. To these heights, can be definite. The intention is to not to divert us of the aim", has insisted, thinking also in the duel against an Athletic of Madrid that will visit the Camp Nou in principle like second qualifier, in a crossing that can leave the title seen for sentence.

"Messi is better, will have taken care with his annoyances because it is fundamental for the team"

When it has had to go in in the subject injuries, Valverde has taken advantage of to subtract importance to the sprain of Luis Suárez, and has tackled the situation of Leo Messi. In addition to recalcar that does not see him concerned by the tension that lives in the selection of Argentina, has referred to his physical problems: "we Think that it is to the one hundred by one hundred. It comes dragging these annoyances from does time, are taking care him in this sense from before Navidad".

"We are trying that they go remitting. It has gone back, it is better. Will have taken care with him, because it is fundamental to face what subtracts of course. Yesterday it had a small problem, but are all interconnected. I speak with him from time to time to see how finds , the same that with the other", has revealed, resolving the rumours on a possible 'escape' of the friendly against Morocco and confirming that there is a strategy under way to guarantee the presence of the '10' in the key appointments.

In this sense, also has referred to Ousmane Dembélé, and has repeated warning. The one of Vernon has carried several discontents along the campaign by some muscular problems, and has left clear that does not go to have more risks: "it Is well, it finds unsuspecting, but could not give an exact date for his return. It is inside the terms, but do not know it. We will not precipitate us. We do not want relapse".

Valverde Subtracts importance to the rumours and to the comments of Hammered

In the review individual, Valverde also has been questioned on Philippe Coutinho, of the that has recognised that it is not in his best moment but of the one who considers that it will finish recovering his best version: "The talks with the players are to try help them, think in what it is good for them. It is an important man for us. We expect a lot of him, he has recognised that has estaado a bit low, but can contribute a lot of things".

In relation to the carioca, has not wanted to pronounce on the rumours that situate him in the market, neither neither on the possible interest in Antoine Griezmann. "It prioritario Is to finish the season. They go out a lot of names. All this type of questions are not new for us, have to be accustomed to be in the media. We have to be above these elucubraciones", has resolved.

And finally, it has referred to the commented interview to Gerard Hammered in 'The Resistance', in which soltó some 'darts' directed to the Real Madrid and to the Espanyol. "I have not seen at all of the program, but is unavoidable enterarse. I do not have at all that comment, except that it is a program of humour. It is to see who is more ocurrente. Have a party that is very serious, the derbi. We play us a lot. It is a person to which value a lot in a lot of things and are happy with him", has explained, removing iron to the pranks of the Barcelonan.

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