FC Barcelona ready for his or her remaining recreation earlier than the worldwide break as they tackle Rayo Vallecano on Sunday in La Liga.
Following the coaching session, Barça playmaker Dani Olmo interacted with the membership media, answering questions from followers throughout the interview.
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Dani Olmo on dealing with Atletico Madrid
Naturally, one of many areas of focus was the upcoming UEFA Champions League conflict .
In spite of everything, not very way back, Barça had been eradicated from the Copa del Rey by the identical opposition on the semi-final phases. A 4-0 first-leg defeat condemned the Blaugrana as they may solely muster up a 3-0 win within the second leg, getting eradicated on mixture.
However, Olmo expressed confidence that the staff have what it takes to get previous Diego Simeone’s males within the UCL quarter-finals.
“It’s a situation we anticipated, but it surely’s a scenario I’ve already skilled, each final 12 months and at my earlier golf equipment. It’s all or nothing,” he mentioned.
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“We’ve got the standard, and we are able to do it if we’re at our greatest. We’re motivated, we keep in mind what occurred within the Cup, and we are able to’t afford to fail,” he added.
Assured forward of Atletico Madrid problem. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
Locker room tales
Olmo additionally had phrases of reward for Barcelona teammate Gavi, who lately made his comeback from a long-term absence attributable to a knee harm.
“He’s a warrior, a Barça fan, and a participant with a variety of vitality,” he mentioned.
Speaking about his closest pals within the Barcelona locker room, the Spanish worldwide remarked:
“I’ve fairly a couple of. Eric and I do issues in the summertime, Ferran, Pedri, Joan… we even have a bunch with Iñigo, which is known as the quintet. We used to play dominoes.”
On being requested to call the funniest teammate at Barcelona, Olmo had no hesitation in selecting Gavi, as he said:
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“Gavi. He’s very humorous, particularly throughout coaching. When he loses, he will get very offended. He doesn’t wish to lose, not even at ping pong.”
When requested to call what could be a dream purpose for him to attain, Olmo replied: “Towards Actual Madrid.”
And, on being probed in regards to the stadium he want to play in, he mentioned: “I’ve already performed a Champions League qualifier in Budapest and we wish to be there once more.”
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