The continuing debate surrounding fixture congestion within the 2024–25 season has reignited after Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick voiced frustration over the membership’s demanding schedule. In response, La Liga president Javier Tebas publicly pushed again on the German coach’s remarks.
Barcelona stay in competition throughout all competitions, however Flick expressed discontent forward of the workforce’s match towards Celta de Vigo, criticizing the late kickoff occasions and tight turnaround between matches.
“Are you aware what number of matches we have now performed in current weeks? And do you we play late towards Valladolid? We arrive very late, perhaps the gamers are of their beds at 4 or 5 within the morning. I don’t need to make excuses. And we have now no time to relaxation, and I need to talk about with the blokes who’re accountable,” the coach acknowledged on the press convention.
Flick’s frustration facilities on Barcelona’s La Liga match towards Actual Valladolid, scheduled for Could 3 at 9 p.m. native time—lower than 72 hours earlier than their Champions League semifinal conflict towards Inter Milan: “Why can we not play at 18:00 within the night? Give me one purpose. I need to see this man that decides it, who’s accountable for it. For me, it’s a joke. I believe additionally for dangerous for Spanish soccer.
“Each Federation, the Bundesliga, Premier League, takes care of their golf equipment, however we don’t do it right here. It’s simply, ‘Ah, allow them to play, they’ll come again at 5 or 6 o’clock (within the morning).’ We’ve simply reached mattress for 4 hours. It’s unbelievable.”
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Tebas fires again to Flick
Flick’s feedback reached the very best ranges of Spanish soccer, prompting a pointed response from Javier Tebas throughout the presentation of La Liga’s 2023–24 monetary report in Madrid.
“I’ve to remind Flick, who was very harsh with me, that he might additionally complain to UEFA—why don’t they schedule each semifinals on the identical day, each matches on Wednesday? Why does it all the time should be La Liga taking the blame for this difficulty, after we’ve been providing 10 time slots for 10 years?” he reproached, asking him for a declare to the Champions League organizers.
Regardless of his protection, Tebas additionally provided reward for Barcelona’s efficiency this season and the membership’s reliance on homegrown expertise. “FC Barcelona has nice gamers who got here up via their very own system, and likewise has nice scouting, so their present place doesn’t shock me. That proves that success isn’t solely achieved by shopping for, shopping for, and shopping for. There’s the instance of FC Barcelona, who haven’t made ‘Premier League-type’ signings,” Tebas added.
