Hansi Flick confirmed that Barcelona would rotate their squad for his or her upcoming LaLiga conflict with Actual Sociedad amid issues about their packed fixture schedule.
Sunday’s conflict with Sociedad kickstarts a run of 5 video games in 14 days for Barcelona, which incorporates their Champions League spherical of 16 tie with Benfica.
Additionally they face title rivals Atletico Madrid of their closing league sport of the month earlier than the worldwide break, with the hopes they’re nonetheless in rivalry for trophies.
Flick’s aspect are having fun with a 14-match unbeaten run throughout all competitions, with their hopes of successful LaLiga, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey nonetheless on monitor.
Barcelona enter this weekend’s sport with Sociedad on the summit of the standings, however degree on factors with Atletico, with rivals Actual Madrid solely an additional level behind.
“There are numerous issues occurring this season, and I’ve modified the coaching periods,” Flick stated.
“In different video games, just like the (Copa del Rey) one in opposition to Valencia, we hardly rested, and the staff did nice. We now have to be targeted on the sport.
“There aren’t any excuses… the calendar doesn’t give us many extra choices. It’s one thing that has an impression.”
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Barcelona come into their match with Sociedad with big confidence, having received 5 consecutive LaLiga video games for the second time this season.
They’ve additionally scored in every of their final 37 residence video games in opposition to Sociedad in LaLiga (87 targets in complete), their third-longest residence scoring streak in opposition to the identical opponent within the competitors’s historical past.
However their defensive fragilities have been on present in current weeks, regardless of solely conceding 25 targets in LaLiga this season, the fourth-best document within the division.
Barcelona conceded 4 targets of their entertaining 4-4 draw of their Copa del Rey first-leg semi-final in opposition to Atletico in midweek, however Flick was not involved.
“I’m not nervous about once we concede… we begin from scratch. What we’ve got to do is take the vitality and resolve the best way to play,” Flick stated.
“We already noticed the 2 targets in opposition to Atletico, however then we performed an excellent sport.
“We invested numerous vitality on the finish of the sport too. We now have to do issues higher as a staff; we all know that.”
Flick additionally confirmed that Barcelona might be with out defender Andreas Christensen on Sunday.
“Andreas has been injured, and we’ve got to attend and see how critical it’s. Let’s hope it’s not. He has retired early. We now have excellent defenders.
“Ronald (Araujo) got here in after an damage and is doing very properly. He has every little thing to succeed in very excessive ranges.”