A little less than a week for the resumption of Laliga Santander , the coach of the Barcelona , Quique Setien said he sees "good" players, but stressed that the teams would need " a week of training to be in final terms" .

In statements made to the club's media, the Cantabrian coach reviewed the situation of the first team from Barcelona with a view to returning from the competition after the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "The work that we have done I see well, what I do not know exactly is that perhaps, like all the teams, we would have needed one more week to be in definitive conditions," he said.

In any case, Setién considered that the two-month hiatus has been positive for his players because, in his opinion, " the level of stress was eliminated and now they are eager, highly motivated." "I think that, in this sense, it has been good for us (the break), because the footballer is getting tired throughout his career and, in these two months, we have experienced something totally different from what we have experienced in recent years "he added.

With a view to next Saturday's game against Mallorca , the Barcelona team coach will be able to count on Uruguayan Luis Suárez , who this week received a medical discharge for the injury to his right knee.

"Luis (Suárez) has had this extra time and has allowed us to recover it to compete. He is practically at full capacity. Now we have done training and we still have to see what happens when the competition starts," he said of the Uruguayan international.

He also hopes to have the Argentine Lionel Messi , who has discomfort in his quadriceps that have prevented him from exercising at the same pace as his teammates in the last three training sessions.

"He has noticed some discomfort, as has happened to some players since we have returned, and they are normal things that we do not give too much importance to . Next week I hope there will be no more problems," he said.

Eleven games await Barça, leader of the domestic competition, to maintain the two-point advantage over Real Madrid. He will have to face a condensed schedule, something that Setién recognized that "it will be a different exhibition, because you will start playing every three, four days", while, according to what he said, "the normal thing" in a preseason "is to go playing and dosing the minutes. "

In any case, he was optimistic about the level of his players who know "that you have to be at the highest level to compete and win every game."

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