Flick’s praise for Olympiakos: “One of the best teams offensively, needs attention”

With special attention should approach the Barcelona Tuesday’s match with Olympic for the Champions Leagueas noted by Hansie Flick at the press conference showing that he thinks a lot about the doubles of Greece.

“Olympiacos has a good attack. The stats say they are one of the best attacking teams. Just look at the game against Arsenal, where they had a lot of chances. We have to be alert in these situations. They have good players and a plan to play, so we have to be careful with them“, emphasized the German technician.

For the absent Rafinha and Torres, he said: “Let’s hope they can play in the clasico. We hope so. When Ferran came back from the national team, we saw that the situation was a bit difficult, not too much, but we have to minimize the risks, and him playing tomorrow would be a risk. We will do more tests on Thursday and see how it goes. The situation is about player care. It is difficult, but later everyone will return and we will have a new situation».

As for the possibility of Rashford playing as a centre-forward, he left it open. “He is a good option as a No. 9, but he can also play as a No. 11. That’s what we thought when we signed him: he can play as a No. 9 or No. 11, and it’s great to have him in our team. He has improved a lot in the last few weeks, he gives us a lot of positives and of course, he can play as a No.9.».

Regarding the relief brought by the victory over Girona but also the defensive problems that appeared, he said:At the moment, the situation we are in is difficult and I am happy that we got the three points. It was very important and you could see it in training. It’s good to see this. It’s what we need. We have a young team and they need it. When we analyzed the game against Girona, we talked about our positioning, keeping the right distance from the opponent. This is what we need to improve: we need to find better positions and push from there».

At the same time, he was asked about the gesture he made in the winning goal against Girona and he showed regret. “I’m not nervous anymore, maybe my feelings are not the same as before. I remember when I was Bayern coach, there were times when we might have beaten Barca 8-2 and I was never smiling after eight goals. Now I have more feelings. This club has completely changed me. What I can say is that I love this club, I love Barcelona, ​​I love the people here, it’s incredible and I give everything for this club. I live for the club. I don’t like these things when I see myself on TV, to be honest, and I don’t like my grandson seeing me like that, so maybe I should change my behavior».