Success in Barcelona is not lowered fortunately

Hansi Flick is unwavering that Barcelona’s success this season is the result of hard work, not luck.

While Blaugrana is preparing for Copa del Rey on Wednesday clashes against Atletico Madrid, the main coach is looking at every game as the finals from now until the end of the season.

Barcelona and Atletico played an incredible draw 4-4 in the first part of their semifinals in February. Now they meet in Metropolitan to decide who will go to the finals of April 26, where they will face Real Madrid or Real Sociedad.

“It’s like the finals before the finals,” coach Barca Flick said on Tuesday during his press conference before the match. “They want to get to this finale and it’s the same with us.

“My team, players can be proud of what they do. We do hard and what we achieve is not luck, they earned it. It’s a positive thing. They can be very proud.

“We know we haven’t arrived so far (whatever) – okay, we won the (Spanish) Supercopa, but in the past it is – and now we want to go to the finals, but it’s not easy.

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“Atletico has a great coach with (Diego) Simeone, experienced teams, they know how they want to play. You can see in matches before they are there until the last second. It will be a tough match.”

Atletico Madrid was last at the top of Laliga in December after defeating Barca and still competing in the Champions League at that moment.

However, their season fell apart quickly, and now they are dealing with Barcelona for nine points in the league ladder, and at the same time they were thrown out of the Champions League in the hands of Real Madrid.

Since Copa del Rey is now the best opportunity for silver accessories Atletico, Flick does not believe it will make them more dangerous than before.

“It may be the closest title I can win, but that’s the same for us,” he said. “One victory and then in the finals. While there is a lot of games in Laliga.

“Atletico will play like they usually play, no different. They have their own style. The intensity is always high, aggressive. This is normal. I love how they play football, also with high speed in their game. I love their style, how they play.”