Hansi Flick's Debut At El Clasico: Everyone Wants To Give Everything To Win

JAKARTA - El Clasico's first volume of the season between Real Madrid vs Barcelona will be presented at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, October 27, 2024, early morning WIB.

The duel will be Hansi Flick's first El Clasico game since taking over as Barca coach in the summer.

The German coach was impressive from the start, winning 11 of his 13 opening matches in all competitions.

He is well aware that the defeat to Los Blancos can quickly change many things considering the magnitude of the rivalry.

"It's good, but I know my job and that it's all about the results," he told a news conference reported by ESPN.

"When you win, it's good, when you don't win, it's not too good. We have to focus on performance, ideas, passion, and the way we want to play."

"That's why we play football, why we give everything to win El Clasico. When you start playing football you want to play El Clasico."

"That's real El Clasico. In Germany, we also have some El Clasico, but it's not the same as Barca against Real Madrid."

"This is El Clasico. So everyone is happy and they have to enjoy it and to enjoy it you have to work hard," said Flick again.

Salah satu aspek gaya Barca di bawah Flick adalah pertahanan tinggi mereka. Timnya memiliki blok pertahanan rata-rata tertinggi di La Liga pada jarak 61 yard dari gawang mereka saat bola berada di area pertahanan lawan.

That strategy will be tested by the speeds of Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior at the back. However, Flick insists his team will remain loyal to their ideas.

"We played against Real Madrid, a team with world-class players. However, in the end I have big faith in my team."

"I trust the team. We have a lot of quality with and without balls. This is what we want to see."

"Everyone plays or runs for each other. This is the most important thing that we are a team. That is our greatest strength," said the German coach.

Meanwhile, Flick had no injury concerns ahead of the El Clasico match. Fermin Lopez, Frenkie de Jong, Dani Olmo, and Gavi are all under consideration after returning from injury in recent weeks.

Only Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Marc Bernal, Eric Garcia, and Ferran Torres are still absent.