"Szczesny is training well, but I don't plan to change goalkeeper"

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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick appeared at a press conference ahead of the game against Mallorca, due to the Spanish Super Cup to be held in January. He assured that Inaki Pena would remain in the starting eleven and spoke of the pressure of recent results.

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Barcelona are facing their most difficult moment of the season, having won only one point out of the last nine possible and seeing their lead threatened by Real Madrid and Atletico.
Flick, before the game against Mallorca, appeared at a press conference to talk about the pressure. “Before, the team could have won the game -against Las Palmas- and now we are feeling the pressure of not winning. Focus is essential, we need to take advantage of opportunities. The team, as I said before, tried to play. But what counts in football are goals and we haven't scored many lately,” he said.
“There is always a reason why you score goals and it has to do with the opponent putting on the right pressing and finding the right moment. We have to find that pressing. When we defend as a unit, we play much better,” said the German coach.
Flick was questioned about the slump in results his team is facing: “We have had long possessions of the ball, many opportunities, but in the end, this is a struggle in the sense that I am there, but I have to be there and fight the duel. You have to fight in this league. We want to win this title, I want to see everyone fight,” he said.
There were several household names at Flick's press conference. One of them is Wojciech Szczesny, who has yet to make his debut: “He has had a very good training session, but I can say that right now I have no plans to change the goalkeeper. Inaki is the starter, as I have said other times, and this is the way it is”.
“Marc Casado has improved a lot since the beginning of the season. He has already played his first international match. He is a player who knows how to understand the opponents' game and knows where he has to be at every moment. When we make a mistake, he knows where he has to stay and also with the ball he knows what he has to do. He positions himself very well and is doing very well,” he added.
In addition, he assured that Araujo “is improving a lot, raising his level, he is almost ready” and that “Olmo is back and available for the starting eleven”, where Lamine Yamal is also expected.

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