Iñaki Peña and Xavi on Barcelona's final UCL game at Royal Antwerp
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00:00 Good afternoon. Welcome to the press conference of our goalkeeper, Inaki Peña. If you have
00:28 questions, please.
00:30 Hi, Inaki. I wanted to ask you directly about the atmosphere in the dressing room after the defeat against Girona. It is true that you came after two consecutive victories, but there was also a lot of noise. Xavi always assumes that the dressing room is a family. Are you still a family? What atmosphere do you breathe?
00:59 Yes, of course. We did not expect the result against Girona. We wanted the victory, but the group is still the same, united as the first day.
01:14 In the end, this is about overcoming obstacles, being forceful in defeats and learning from mistakes. Tomorrow we have another test to certify the pass as first.
01:33 It was a goal from the first day we scored. Here we are for an important game tomorrow.
01:42 Translate the answer in Dutch.
01:46 The question is whether the Barcelona team was still united in the dressing room and how the atmosphere was after the defeat against Girona. Inaki Peña's answer is that they did not expect the defeat, but that the team is still united.
02:05 They wanted to win, but they learn from mistakes. They want to overcome obstacles. Tomorrow we have another chance to pass the ball to the next round. That was the goal from the beginning.
02:18 Is Barça still under construction?
02:36 Obviously, everyone wants to go to a better level. Not only in terms of building the club, but also in terms of the game. Since the season began, we have evolved as a group.
02:50 We have to keep improving. As the coach said, we are in construction. We are trying to improve in every aspect. We are trying to be more competitive in every game.
03:06 Is Barça still under construction?
03:32 Hi Inaki, here on your left, Rui Soto, sports director. The starting line-up is difficult. You have arrived because of Marc's injury, but after many months without being active, you have responded in demanding games.
03:51 How do you prepare to perform at a good level after so long without being a starter?
04:05 I train every day, thinking that any day, any weekend, any game, you can get the opportunity. You never know what can happen.
04:23 In a club like Barça, you can't afford to train or relax every day without being active. It has happened from 0 to 100 in a matter of days.
04:43 We have had a week with three key games, both Porto and Girona, and Atlético de Madrid. It was one of the three or four most important games of the season.
05:00 You prepare for this, and it is a reward for the work you do every time you come to train, since July, the preseason.
05:15 The opportunity is to do well to improve the group and the club. You are happy to be able to respond to what the club, the coach and your teammates expect from you.
05:30 You have to try to show the best of yourself to the coach.
05:35 How does it feel to be able to start for Inaki Peña? It is difficult to start for a club like Barça, but Marc Ter Stegen has been injured.
05:48 He asked how the goalkeeper prepares for this, to get a level after not being able to start for so many months. I prepare by training every day, by being ready for it every weekend.
06:03 If something unexpected happens, like Ter Stegen's injury, I have to be ready. In a club like Barça, you can't relax, because you can suddenly have to start.
06:16 Next week, there are heavy games, not only the one in Girona, but also in Porto and Atletico. I have the chance to play now. That is very important for me.
06:30 I am prepared for it, and it is a reward for me for a long working period. I have been training since July, and I will seize the opportunity.
06:40 I have a question for Antonio de Lloris. Ter Stegen is a brown, because he has been a goalkeeper for many years.
06:51 He is a great player, but it seems that everyone agrees that you are playing great games. Do you feel this positive feeling around you, that your teammates, the team, but also the fans, the Barça, are with you?
07:16 What do you think?
07:20 I love it. I love it when any player is shown affection. I am very grateful to my teammates. I am very happy to have responded to my teammates and to the coach.
07:41 I am grateful to the fans, and I am very happy to be able to play in the stadium in your name. I am very happy to be able to play in your name in a few games. I am very grateful to the fans.
08:02 It is not easy to replace a goalkeeper like Ter Stegen. How do you feel about starting the games and playing such a good game?
08:14 I think everyone agrees that you are playing great games. Do you think that the fans and teammates are behind you?
08:23 I am very happy with the support I receive from my teammates, the coach, and the fans. It is incredible to not play for months and then to hear your name in the stadium.
08:40 I wanted to ask you about your case. I don't know if a year ago you thought you could have been the Barça's starting goalkeeper.
08:56 Did you have any doubts about it? What made you change? Has it been worth it to end up where you are now?
09:07 Since I signed as a kid for Barça, my goal has been to be the starting goalkeeper and to add minutes to the first team.
09:18 It is not a good thing to end up as a goalkeeper for a Barça team. But adding minutes to the first team is a great honour.
09:36 Obviously everyone wants to add minutes, but it is my role. Last year I was told about the role we have in the team.
09:49 I accepted it and I was happy. When you can add more minutes than expected, it is much better.
09:58 A year ago you thought you could have been the first Barça's starting goalkeeper. Did you think it was worth it to play so many games?
10:14 The goal of Zavanes is to add minutes to the first team. It is not a good thing for him, but I am proud to be able to do it.
10:27 It has been worth it. I am happy to have been able to add minutes.
10:35 I don't know if you have ever reflected on Víctor Valdés.
10:49 Do you think you are ready to become the heir to the title?
11:06 Obviously, I have always said that my idol since I was a child was Víctor Valdés. He was a role model for me.
11:19 He taught me how to play and how to overcome adversity.
11:26 Whether I am ready or not, everyone is fighting for the best. Everyone is ready for any opportunity.
11:41 He is compared to Víctor Valdés. Do you think he can be the heir to the title?
11:53 Valdés has always been my idol since I was a child. It is a goal to be like him and to play the way he plays.
12:13 I want to compare you with another goalkeeper, Teres Tegen. There are times when you play with a style similar to Teres Tegen.
12:28 Is this a wrong image or do you think you have many things in common?
12:41 I have always said that I have been training with Teres Tegen for many years.
12:51 Training daily and learning from one of the best goalkeepers in the world, you try to learn from him.
13:11 He is a very individual player and has patterns that he has learned from a young age.
13:28 I was asked if he thinks his style can be compared to Teres Tegen's.
13:36 I have been training with him for 3-5 years and I am thankful for that.
13:45 Of course, everyone has their own characteristics, but everything I can learn from him is welcome.
13:51 Barcelona has lost a lot of ability to avoid goals and is not as safe as in previous seasons.
14:05 Do you see them coming from behind? What do you think is wrong with what you saw last year?
14:12 Avoid goals?
14:14 Yes, that they score more goals than last year.
14:18 Last year, the team was on a record level.
14:26 Last year, they scored very few goals. It is very difficult to match.
14:35 We have scored more goals than last season, but these are the circumstances of the matches.
14:44 We try to improve both defensively and offensively.
14:49 We try to do everything we can to improve, but we don't have to be too aggressive.
14:58 If we attack better, we defend better.
15:03 We have to focus on attacking and defending better.
15:13 Barca should score less goals, because it is clear that they score more goals than last year.
15:22 What is wrong with that?
15:25 The answer is that last year, the team broke a record in terms of defense and scoring goals.
15:32 They scored very few goals, and it is extremely difficult to match this year.
15:36 It is true that we score more goals than last year, but these are the circumstances of the matches.
15:41 We have to try to improve everything.
15:43 The better we attack, the fewer goals we will score.
15:46 We don't have to change extreme things.
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16:54 So the questions will be translated from Spanish into Flemish
17:08 and from Catalan into English.
17:10 Thank you.
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19:00 The question was on how the staff manages all the emotions in such moments.
19:06 The answer of the coach was that we mainly try to focus on what we can control,
19:12 which is motivate the players and train hard.
19:16 We try to forget all those things that we cannot control.
19:21 We know what FC Barcelona is and we knew before coming.
19:27 Many of them have been in FC Barcelona before.
19:32 Even before joining the club, I already told them that we needed to be ready
19:37 because the challenge was big.
19:40 There will always be criticism, and we already knew that before.
19:46 But they have adapted very well.
19:48 As I said, many of them know what the club is about,
19:52 and we always focus and keep working to improve the players.
19:57 Marta.
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21:42 The question was if the dressing room was somehow affected
21:47 by those doubts, and the answer of the coach was that
21:51 obviously from the outside it might look like that, of course,
21:56 but inside what he sees is that the whole team is upset
22:03 because they have been dominating in the last game against Girona.
22:09 They were actually better than Girona, but because of some
22:14 mistakes, what they had in their hands couldn't be finished,
22:20 especially because there were mistakes on both ends, both in
22:26 the defensive strength and also about the efficiency in front of
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22:36 they are willing to react. They know that they have been playing
22:41 well the last games, and this is what is in their mind. They don't
22:47 plan to stop, especially in this competition where they have been
22:52 doing things very well, and they want to finish on a high note.
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34:46 Thank you very much.