The president of Barcelona, ​​Josep Maria Bartomeu, is reluctant to dismiss Quique Setién before the return of the Champions League. And the Barça coach, brazenly pointed out by his team's captain, Leo Messi, and also discussed by a good part of the board of directors , tries to move forward as he can. Either with the inconsequential game this Sunday in Vitoria that will end a League already conquered by Real Madrid, either with the duel, this yes capital, against Naples on August 8 with which he will face the challenge of the Champions.

"I've never had the feeling of wanting to leave", Setién affirmed in his press appearance this Saturday, in which he was questioned over and over again for his state of mind given the very fine thread with which he is still holding office. "The day I arrived I already said that I was going to enjoy until the last day. I knew that things would not be easy. But they are not here or anywhere. I still enjoy my stay in Barcelona. I never thought that this was going to be Easy, I would have liked to have been happier winning the League, but I have always understood the process of the game. Wherever you are, defeat is always an option to overcome. And you also have to accept and assume the media environment. I am living nothing that I have not lived before ", he reflected in a low tone. Very different from its premiere six months ago.

Setién referred to the meeting this Friday with Bartomeu, in which the president informed him that he will still have his services for the Champions League dispute: "It is normal that there are meetings of this type. The concern we all have for improving is Obvious. We try to find solutions and that things change. That is what the meeting consisted of, focusing on what we have left with the Champions . Hopefully it will be a lot. And trying to combine all efforts and take responsibility each for not having won the League. But we are aware that we still have a very attractive and important challenge ahead for the club. And we will try to improve to take this title. "

"Clean our minds"

Messi's scourge after the fall of last Sunday against Osasuna, in which the Argentine pantocrator assured that "everything had gone wrong since January", that is to say, since the arrival of Setién, worried the coach. Although in his press conference he tried to contain as much as possible the matter: " I do not feel at all pointed to by Messi . I think that everyone, at a certain moment, says things that are sometimes misinterpreted. And others well. They are situations that are lived Every day in moments like those we live in now, which are frustrating. But I do not give it much importance. This we have experienced has been difficult. The feeling of the last games has not been as positive as it should be. But it is a team that is aware of It is going to be played now. And as Messi also said, we all need a break [the week that will come after the game against Alavés], clear our minds, transform ourselves and convince ourselves. We will make common cause. "

Nor could anyone overlook the fact that the Argentine striker assured that, with the same game that has been accompanying the team in recent times, falling against Naples would be only a logical consequence: " It is true that there are things in which we agree with Messi and not in others, he is right when he says that if we play as badly as we have in some games it will not give us anything to win, but the reality is that we have also had very good moments that can give us to win the Champions League. Of course. How not. "

"Not everything has been a disaster"

And for this he defended his work again. As he has done during his troubled stage: "I do not live with my back to reality, but you are not going to convince me that everything has been a disaster . "

More complicated he was defending managing a costume with whom he has not hit it off... "It 's true I've experienced new situations This is a team that has won 15 straight years and management is totally different from other teams Ha There have been specific situations that are difficult to resolve , but I see it as normal in the case of a dressing room like this one. "

Arthur's ankle

To show the difficulties, the situation of Arthur Melo since his transfer to Juventus was resolved. The Brazilian midfielder, despite the fact that Barcelona only had 13 first team chips to travel to Vitoria, was not part of the call. However, the club did not offer any medical information. Asked about it, Setien could not be more clear: "The only thing I can say is that this morning he has been telling me that his ankle bothered him . "

In spite of everything, Setién tried that his appearance did not become a funeral: "Whenever I get to a place I think I will stay a lifetime. But it is true that one assumes what it is to be in this profession, and in a bench like This one. I will not say that I am the same ... But I am still happy .

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