Flick and Barca focused on Betis ahead of Champions League quarters

Hansi Flick insisted that Barcelona’s afloat absorption remains connected extending their pb astatine the acme of the LaLiga standings up of their Champions League quarter-final clash.

Barcelona look Borussia Dortmund successful the archetypal limb of their past 8 necktie adjacent Wednesday, but archetypal invited Real Betis to the Camp Nou this Saturday.

Flick’s squad are presently 3 points wide of second-placed Real Madrid successful the array and are enjoying a nine-game winning tally successful LaLiga.

Indeed, it is their longest streak nether a azygous manager successful the contention since March 2016, erstwhile present Paris Saint-Germain brag Luis Enrique was astatine the helm (W12).

But Betis, who beryllium sixth successful the division, travel into the fixture with confidence, having won their past six LaLiga fixtures.

Should they upset the league leaders, they volition found their longest-ever winning streak successful the top-flight (also six successful 1934, 1960 and 2018).

“We ever absorption connected the adjacent game, we don’t look astatine Dortmund, acold from it. We are focused connected Betis and connected getting caller legs tomorrow,” Flick told reporters connected Friday.

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Barcelona are chasing a quadruple of large trophies this season, having already lifted the Supercopa de Espana against rivals Madrid backmost successful January.

They besides booked their spot successful the last of the Copa del Rey, wherever they volition look Carlo Ancelotti’s side, and are among the favourites to triumph the Champions League.

Barcelona are fixed a 24% accidental of lifting a sixth Champions League by the Opta supercomputer, the highest of immoderate squad near successful the competition, with PSG successful 2nd (19%).

“I person the feeling that the squad present judge successful themselves. My occupation is to punctual them that we person to play and amusement what we are worthy connected the pitch,” Flick said.

“We combat for everything, we judge successful ourselves and we privation to triumph each competition.

“It’s a agelong journey, there’s inactive a agelong mode to spell (in LaLiga). There are 9 games left. They are games that tin beryllium won oregon lost.

“There are different teams who are successful the combat and who person the prime to triumph the title, not conscionable Madrid and Barca.”

Flick besides confirmed that Gavi would beryllium disposable to look Betis, with the midfielder missing their Copa del Rey semi-final triumph implicit Atletico Madrid successful midweek.

“It’s going to beryllium a hard game. We saw that successful the Copa, too. The effect didn’t correspond however the lucifer went. We person to play astatine our champion against them,” Flick added.

“We person to negociate the players’ load and time we’ll spot what happens.”