Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images

The coach spoke to the press before Saturday?s big game Barcelona manager Hansi Flick spoke to the press on Friday to preview Saturday?s monster El Clásico against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in a huge La Liga clash, and the German coach addressed a number of topics ahead of the big game.
Flick spoke about his philosophy and his now famous offside trap, Lamine Yamal?s great performances and where he can improve, Pau Cubarsí?s brilliant form, and whether or not Fermín López will start for the Catalans against their biggest rivals.
Here a few highlights from Flick?s quotes:

On his philosophy and offside trap being tested against Madrid
We have our planning and ideas, we had them against Bayern and we saw where we need to improve. We have to adapt to every game and now we need to adapt to Real. That?s how it works in every game, now we play Madrid and all the players are well prepared, and I trust them because they?re doing a brilliant job. After Bayern equalized we went forward, and that?s a good sign because we believe in each other. We had more possession and we attacked more, with and without the ball. We?ve shown before and we want to show it again. There are a lot of coaches focusing on our offside trap, but this is just our philosophy, to press to the max with and without the ball and to be a very compact unit that doesn?t leave any spaces between the lines. What we?ve done is brilliant so f...