Quique Setien during the Celta Vigo-Barça match, June 27, 2020. - Lalo Villar / AP / SIPA

Promised, Quique Setien has not yet submitted his compensation file to Pôle Emploi. Mocked from all sides after abandoning La Liga to Real Madrid, criticized for spoiling the possible last fires of Lionel Messi in Catalonia, the FC Barcelona coach knows that he will probably not survive an elimination against Naples on Saturday at the Camp Nou, five months after bringing back a happy draw from San Paulo (1-1).

"Es una decisión de la directioniva y no tenemos que influiar en eso", responds Sergio Busquets on the preguntaron por si seguirá o no Quique Setién.
Añadió: "Espero que siga porque hemos jugado bien en los últimos partidos, pero por el momento no pensamos en eso". #Busquets pic.twitter.com/4vmjmBTgGo

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“It didn't cross my mind that this could be my last game. I am calm, ready to tackle the game. I think we will continue, and we will tackle the rest of the competition until the end in Portugal, with the same energy and the same enthusiasm ”. If that's the same enthusiasm shown after the resumption of La Liga, the rest of Europe can sleep soundly, although Quique swears he has seen improvements in his team's play since he got it. grip at the truce.

The Champions League or the door?

“We all know Barça's DNA and philosophy. The movements and nuances that each trainer brings is something else. Since we arrived, we have tried to bring certain things that we believe in, in line with what Barça's identity is, and I believe that we have succeeded. We are quite satisfied with the progress, there are some things that still cost us a little, but we are following the process ”. Barça can at least count on the returns of Griezmann and De Jong, who will not be too much to fill a skeletal workforce. For the result, we will not get too wet.

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