Barcelona coach Hansi Flick and defender Inigo Martinez preview their UEFA Champions League clash with Brest
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Nou Camp, Barcelona, Spain
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00:00We are going to start the press conference with the player of FC Barcelona, Íñigo Martínez.
00:25Marc Brau, your question.
00:28Hi, good afternoon. Íñigo, Marc Brau from Barça One.
00:32Tomorrow you return to the Champions League, you have three consecutive victories in the highest European competition.
00:37Obviously, now you come from two games without winning in LaLiga.
00:40But I want to know what kind of game you expect tomorrow.
00:42It's true that it may seem like an affordable game, but Brescia is above you in the classification.
00:46What game do you expect? Thank you.
00:48Well, it's a game where physically we are facing a very tough opponent.
00:55In the Champions League it's very good.
00:58Despite being in LaLiga, in the middle of the table, I think,
01:01I was showing that I want to be able to compete in the Champions League.
01:06And tomorrow, as we relax, we can pay dearly.
01:11So, it's a nice game to play, complicated at the same time.
01:16And we hope that the team shows once again the level it has.
01:21And to be able to get these three points to continue up there in the table.
01:28Hi, Íñigo. Here. Good morning, Anais Martí from La Vanguardia.
01:32I wanted to ask you a little about your year, how you are feeling with Hansi Flick.
01:39And also ask you about your renewal.
01:42The other day the coach said here that if things work, they should continue.
01:48Would you like to extend this contract? Thank you.
01:54Well, the contract, the truth is that I don't even consider it.
02:00Because it's one of the things that can make you lose your way.
02:11And not focus on what you have to do.
02:15So, I focus on mine, on the day-to-day.
02:18To enjoy, to take advantage of the opportunities that the coach gives me.
02:23And from there, if it has to come, it will come.
02:26And all happy.
02:28But, I repeat, I focus on mine, which right now is to compete to the maximum.
02:33To win the game tomorrow.
02:35To show once again that I can continue playing as a starter.
02:39And from there, if it goes well and if not, I will say that I have been two years at Barça.
02:49Hi, Íñigo. Jordi Gil from El Diario Sport.
02:52I wanted to ask you how you have digested that bad result live.
02:56And if you understand that the coach was a little more pissed off.
03:00The truth is that it has been difficult for me to digest.
03:03Because it was a game where we had it under control, in quotes.
03:08And that in certain situations of the team, in the end you let two vital points escape.
03:17So, it's normal that the coach and the whole team,
03:22that he felt a little, after the game, angry.
03:26But these are things that happen in football.
03:29And you don't have to blame anyone or point it out.
03:32Here we win and we all lose.
03:34But it is true that seeing the minute it was and the game as it was,
03:39we let an important opportunity escape.
03:44Íñigo, how are you? Good morning here on your left.
03:47Adri Alves, live for the Keti Llugas of Ser Catalunya.
03:50I don't know if you have the feeling, with what has happened in San Sebastián and Vigo,
03:55that the rivals already know how to break that line that you throw out of play.
04:01That they have already taken the dynamics a little.
04:04And if you have to change something to correct it.
04:09Well, I think the rival obviously watches matches of Barça and analyzes them.
04:15And just as we do of the rival.
04:19But rather than taking us by the back, it is how to press and how to press.
04:30If the pressure is good, obviously it is very complicated to put the ball in the back.
04:36And just let the rival fall.
04:39Because the goalkeeper is obviously ahead and he will save us in many.
04:45It is true that the game of Real Madrid and Celta, when one lowers a little intensity,
04:52they already generate opportunities and can create danger.
04:57Despite this, few have caught us for which we usually leave them out of play.
05:04So it gives us more than it takes from us and the idea will continue to be the same.
05:10The idea is to try to keep the line out as high as possible.
05:14But it must also be said that sometimes there have been situations in which the line should not be so advanced.
05:22To avoid risks in the minutes that were.
05:28Despite all this, I think the defensive work is being exceptional.
05:33And to continue on the same line.
05:36Tomorrow will be another game where they will try to find us.
05:39There are fast players up there who can cause us danger.
05:43But if we are very good and if the pressure is very good, it is very difficult to create opportunities in the back.
06:09Luis de la Fuente, do you think it is a sporting issue?
06:12Have you spoken to the coach? Do you understand it? Were you surprised?
06:16It is totally understandable.
06:19I am 33 years old and luckily we have the level of young players that is exceptional.
06:34And you can see that anyone who comes there shows and wins games.
06:38So it's not that it's something strange.
06:45These are the decisions of the coach.
06:48He thinks of a younger team where he wants to give opportunities to young players who come from below, pressing hard.
06:58In no way do I feel or should be outraged for not calling me.
07:08I try to enjoy here to the maximum and I have said it, I repeat.
07:14It is normal that the coach wants to see other players and bet on others.
07:21But none of this to the coach.
07:28Hi Diego, Germán García, Radio Nacional.
07:30The fact that the three setbacks in LaLiga have been without Lamin Yamal in the field, what does that mean?
07:39Do you think this team depends excessively on a 17-year-old boy?
07:47We know the importance of Lamin Yamal.
07:50I will not deny it.
07:52He is a very unbalanced player.
07:55He makes the defensive line of the rival fall back.
07:59He faces, draws assists, generates a lot of fear.
08:03He is an important player for the team.
08:07But that does not mean that the next one to leave will not be up to the task.
08:18Anyone who jumps in Barcelona is able to play and give the level that Lamin Yamal is giving.
08:27I have no doubt that all those who jump try to give 100 or 200.
08:33But Lamin is Lamin and right now we do not have it.
08:37And that does not mean that the one who is going to jump is going to give less.
08:45Not because Lamin is there or not, we are going to win or lose.
08:49The day Lamin is not there and we win, we will not talk about it.
08:53Now we have to focus on what we are and that's it.
08:58There are plenty of options to win all the games.
09:02And it's not because Lamin is not there.
09:05We know the potential he has and what he brings to us.
09:08But not because he is not there, we have to lose or win.
09:14Good afternoon, Alejandro Segura for Radio Marca.
09:17You just said that you are 33 years old.
09:21Do you feel in the best moment of your career because of the promotion you have in the team, in Barça?
09:27And above all, I would also like to know that relationship with Hansi Flick.
09:30Because from the outside it gives the feeling that you are the extension of the coach in the field.
09:36Well, I can't tell you if it's the best or the worst.
09:40I can tell you that it's the year I'm enjoying the most.
09:45Everything is going well.
09:48I'm enjoying these moments, these games that the coach is giving me.
09:53You compete in all the games.
09:56You notice that the coach has a lot of appreciation for you.
10:00It's all a bit, right?
10:01Then everything flows.
10:04And the truth is that I am feeling very well physically despite being 33 years old.
10:09There are no injuries, which also helps.
10:12Last year, whether you like it or not, there were many injuries that later it is difficult to enter.
10:17Well, it's a bit of everything.
10:18I feel comfortable, I feel comfortable.
10:21I feel a lot of weight in the locker room.
10:24And the truth is that I always try to give 100% to this team and try to help.
10:29Because there are a lot of young people.
10:32And well, that's my job.
10:38Hi Inigo, good afternoon. Alex Pintanel from Relevo.
10:40I wanted to ask you precisely about this rise you have in the locker room.
10:43And what is the role of Inigo with the young people? Thank you.
10:47Well, my role really is none other than to give 100%.
10:54But not only on the pitch, but in the locker room.
10:57I think it's my job and everyone else's.
11:05It has to be the same.
11:07Punctuality, being, respecting the rest.
11:12I don't know, simple things, like in any other job.
11:15And with respect to the young people, well, one tries to help them at all times.
11:20To make them feel comfortable, to let them loose.
11:24Because it's true that when you come here to a Barça first team, or any other team,
11:28they can always come with that fear that the first team generates.
11:36So, to make them enjoy, to have fun.
11:40Even if they have to, I don't know, make a joke, to let them loose, I don't know.
11:47To make them feel comfortable, basically.
11:49As if it were their home and that's it.
11:52So, you can see it.
11:53They let loose and you can see on the pitch that they enjoy and contribute a lot.
12:00There are a lot of young players with great quality.
12:03And you can see that the team is being given a lot.
12:11Hi Inigo, Alberto Hernández from Televisión Española.
12:14I wanted to ask you if you're surprised by what Brest is doing in this Champions League,
12:18that they haven't lost a single game.
12:21And if it's a good opportunity, in case of winning, to end this mini-crisis of results,
12:26the defeat and the draw in LaLiga.
12:29Well, I think they're doing a great job.
12:34It's no coincidence that they haven't lost a single game.
12:39And if we lose their respect, the minimum respect, we'll pay dearly and I have no doubt.
12:45It's a well-worked team.
12:47They're very fast in the counter-attacks.
12:49Physically, they're 1%.
12:52It's a good game.
12:53A good game tomorrow to be able to win.
12:55And forget about these two not-so-good games of the team.
13:00Tomorrow we have a great rival.
13:03So, we're going to fight.
13:05And based on fighting, we're going to get that victory.
13:09Hi, Inigo.
13:10Maricarmen Torres from El Diario Marca.
13:12You said that you're enjoying one of the best moments.
13:15What role does Hansi Flick have in this good moment of yours?
13:22Well, Hansi...
13:23Since minute one, when I met him, he showed me that he wanted to see me
13:29and he wanted to give me that opportunity.
13:33Logically.
13:34In any other coach, when he arrives, he's new.
13:37So, obviously, I didn't want to be here bothering or disturbing anyone
13:44if the coach doesn't want or doesn't trust you.
13:48So, he gave me that opportunity.
13:50I tried to take advantage of it in the preseason.
13:53And then, well, the days went by and I saw that the coach,
13:59And then, well, the days went by and I saw that the coach
14:04trusted me more and more.
14:06And when the preseason ended, we saw that he trusted me fully
14:12and that he wanted to give me the title.
14:14So, there it is.
14:16The work of someone who doesn't show up and tries to fight for his own.
14:22And that's it.
14:24Obviously, for that, the coach has a lot of influence
14:28because he has to give you that confidence.
14:30But, well, he values me a lot.
14:33I also value him.
14:34And we hope that this year we all enjoy the pitch
14:38and this year lifting titles.
14:43Guillem.
14:44Guillem Balague, CBS.
14:46Inigo, let me insist on the height of the defensive line.
14:50Wouldn't it be the first time that the defenders told the coach
14:54that he's not showing up, we're not confident, we're falling behind?
14:59Would that be part of your role, for example, as a defensive leader?
15:03And would the coach be able to understand and talk about this?
15:08Well, I think the coach is very clear about the height of the line.
15:14I think we're making a mistake with the height of the line
15:18but it's not always the height of the defensive line that should be in the midfield.
15:24Not much less.
15:26It's when the opponent is well pressed up.
15:30If it's not there, it's a suicide.
15:33Not for us, but for any other team.
15:35And it's been seen in the last games that we've even thrown a little too much.
15:40That's why you have to know when to throw it and when not.
15:45And above all, you have to throw it when the opponent is tight.
15:49If not, you have to stay two meters back
15:52so that there are no cases like the other day against Celta
15:57that can cause you problems.
15:59And tomorrow will be the same.
16:01If the pressure is not good from the whole team,
16:05it will be very difficult to keep the line up there.
16:08Then we'll have to back down a bit.
16:12It's not difficult, and it's totally understandable.
16:17Hello, Ivo. I'm from InSport.
16:20With this new format of the Champions League,
16:23how long will it take for the team to finish in the top 8?
16:28Do you have a plan to defend this new format of the Champions League
16:32and the points you need, especially since you have this game left,
16:35and against Atalanta in the final?
16:37Yes.
16:39But our mentality is not to think that we are already classified
16:44because we have X points.
16:46No, no, no.
16:47Our mentality should be that we have to win all the games
16:50of the Champions League without leaving any points on the way.
16:55We have to win them all.
16:57This makes you grow, have more ambition.
17:02The mentality should always be to want to win
17:06and to want to add 3-on-3.
17:09There will be games in which things don't work out,
17:13but it always has to be winning.
17:15Tomorrow we have to win,
17:17because that will make the team go up the ladder
17:22and go up in all aspects of the game
17:28and feel more confident to be able to do things on the pitch.
17:34The mentality should always be winning
17:39and not speculating that we already have these points
17:42and we are already in the next round.
17:44No, no, no.
17:45Winning and winning.
17:46That is what really matters.
17:48We will ask the last three questions.
17:50How are you Iñigo?
17:51Guillem Borras for Iniestazo.
17:52I wanted to ask you about Iñaki Peña.
17:54From the outside, we got the feeling that his great game at the Bernabeu
17:57helped him to gain a lot of confidence.
17:59It is true that the results have not come in the last two games,
18:02but on an individual level he has been at a very high level.
18:06How do you see it?
18:08You are probably the closest footballer on the pitch.
18:10Do you agree with this reading that we have from the outside?
18:15I don't know.
18:17It is so cold that I don't really know what to think.
18:23But we are delighted.
18:27We are delighted because he is a great guy.
18:30He is different.
18:31He is peculiar.
18:33But you can see the hard work.
18:35You work in silence.
18:37Then you get the chance and you have to show it.
18:40Take advantage of it.
18:41It is not easy for a Barça goalkeeper to jump and do it well
18:45and show the level that Iñaki is showing.
18:48He has full confidence in us, in the coach, in the club.
18:52He is a player who has been here for many years,
18:54who knows well how all this works.
18:57And the truth is that he is so calm that I don't know if...
19:00I don't see him ever getting out of his comfort zone.
19:07He transmits a lot of confidence to us
19:10and he is showing the great goalkeeper that Iñaki is.
19:14How are you, Íñigo?
19:15Here, to your right.
19:16How are you?
19:17Adrià Regas for Barça10.
19:18Players who have been central, like Adil Rami,
19:21have praised Pau Covarsi.
19:23Do you play with him?
19:24Do you share the dressing room?
19:25What do you think about him?
19:26What can you tell us?
19:27What opinion does he deserve?
19:29Well, obviously it's logical that Covarsi gets those compliments.
19:35He has had two spectacular years.
19:38Last year he also had the opportunity to play everything.
19:41He showed the potential he has
19:44and with his age, which is surprising.
19:50I started at 20 and at that time 20 was being very young.
19:55Now I see them at 17 and playing like that.
19:59A great level.
20:01He shows every game.
20:03He has very clear ideas.
20:06He wants to win.
20:08I have no doubt that he is winning,
20:11but he still has many years here at Barça
20:13and I hope to see him enjoy it for a long time.
20:18How are you, Íñigo?
20:19Carlos Monfort, live for the Giants' Twitch.
20:21I would like to know what you think has changed
20:23for this level of solidity in defence.
20:25I don't know if anything has changed in you
20:27to be at such a high level.
20:29Or if you attribute it to the group level.
20:31In this sense, you were also commenting
20:33on how Iñaki Peña influences all this.
20:35Thank you very much.
20:36I think this is for the whole team.
20:41It's not just the defensive line.
20:44Here, as I said before,
20:46the pressure starts from the top.
20:49If the pressure is not good, we suffer in the back.
20:52We attack and defend.
20:56The level that the team is showing so far,
21:00except for the last two games
21:02where we have had certain mistakes,
21:05is being brilliant.
21:07This is the line we must follow.
21:10Without trusting ourselves, obviously.
21:13In excess of trust,
21:15things happen that we have seen
21:17in the last games.
21:19It's not just the work of the defenders and goalkeepers.
21:22This is a team.
21:24When the top players score,
21:26they score many times
21:28because the ones in the back have been good.
21:30And then the opposite.
21:32We are very good in all the lines.
21:34We will continue to be just as good.
21:36Without what has happened so far
21:40making us feel bad.
21:43Or that this influences the next game.
21:47We are fine with high morale.
21:51Without going overboard.
21:53And I will give 100.
21:55That's what the coach asks of us.
21:59And from there, we'll see tomorrow
22:01if we really deserved to win the game or not.
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