Hansi Flick was talking earlier than Barcelona host Celta Vigo on Saturday.© AFP
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick on Friday demanded to fulfill with La Liga officers over what he known as a “joke” schedule, saying Spanish soccer was failing to care for gamers. The Catalan giants’ La Liga sport at Real Valladolid on Saturday, May 3 will kick off at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) after being moved from a day begin on Sunday, May 4. That rescheduling nonetheless provides them lower than three days to organize for the pivotal Champions League semi-final return leg at Inter Milan on May 6.
“I need to see this man who’s chargeable for that. For me it is a joke,” Flick advised a information convention on Friday.
“It’s unbelievable and we have now no time to relaxation… the blokes who’re chargeable for that, I need to focus on with them, as a result of they don’t know how it’s.”
The Champions League is one in all three tournaments Barcelona are competing in, exacerbating challenges regarding fixture congestion that Flick is conversant in after a trophy-laden spell at Bayern Munich.
But the German supervisor mentioned the scenario going through his staff earlier than an enormous European match left him “speechless”.
“I by no means had this earlier than. Every league protects their golf equipment once they play within the Champions league, particularly within the semi-final,” he mentioned.
“Bundesliga, Premier League take care in regards to the golf equipment. But right here not. It’s simply allow them to play.”
Flick was talking earlier than Barcelona hosted Celta Vigo on Saturday with the prospect to increase their lead over Real Madrid to seven factors on the prime of La Liga.
Barcelona are additionally trying to bounce again after a 3-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday handed them their first defeat of 2025, though the Blaugrana progressed to the semi-finals 5-3 on combination.
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