Marcelino underlines that his team will come up against the most in-form team in the league (Sunday, 6:30pm CEST, Estadio de la Cerámica)
Villarreal CF head coach Marcelino García Toral has appeared in the press room at the José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground for the press conference ahead of the tough match against the league leaders FC Barcelona, which will take place at the Estadio de la Cerámica this Sunday at 6:30pm CEST.
Here is what he says:
Villarreal vs Barça, a top match
“It’s a big game for us. We are playing against a great team, the best in the league at the moment. That’s what the results and the numbers say. We’re going to play a very nice game with great expectation. These are the kind of matches that we professionals like to play. Barça have great potential; we are aware that we have the capacity to improve, but having taken 11 out of a possible 15 points, playing on difficult pitches, is a sign that we are doing well.”
Objective: to win
“The objective is to win. Barça have just lost a game which shows that sometimes football puts you in unexpected situations. Nobody wants to be down a player in the first few minutes of a game. Yesterday’s game is not an indicator of how the team works. FC Barcelona play with speed, with pace, more vertical than we are used to, and they apply another series of characteristics to the game that make them more dangerous. They are a really attractive team’.
Long time without beating Barça at home
“The longer something doesn’t happen, the closer it is to happening. It happened last year there, and with a result that nobody could have predicted. We’re excited and ambitious to play a great game. We’re going to try to be very effective in the penalty areas. We have to make the most of our strengths.”
Lamine Yamal, the man of the moment at FC Barcelona
“We are all constantly amazed at what a boy can do on a football pitch: his daring, his daring, his self-confidence… He is a player who can mark an era, but it depends on a lot of factors. The fact that there are players of this level in our league makes the league great.”
