{"id":477814,"date":"2026-02-16T04:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/477814\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:19:08","slug":"michel-girona-have-analysed-the-best-way-to-win-but-will-suffer-against-barca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/477814\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00edchel: Girona \u201chave analysed the best way to win\u201d but \u201cwill suffer\u201d against Bar\u00e7a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona will prove to be a \u201ccomplicated\u201d test for Girona when they meet on Monday, admitted M\u00edchel in his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Girona sit two points above the relegation zone ahead of a tantalising Catalan derby, in which Barcelona will be just as desperate to pick up three points after suffering <a href=\"https:\/\/share.fromthespot.co.uk\/article\/atletico-madrid-4-0-barcelona-horror-start-and-var-chaos-gives-barca-mountain-to-climb-in-copa-del-rey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a midweek thrashing in the Copa del Rey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a midweek thrashing in the Copa del Rey<\/a> and conceding pole position in the LaLiga title fight to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>M\u00edchel doesn\u2019t believe that his side should prepare any differently to face a wounded Bar\u00e7a, insisting that \u201cthe big teams play every match with the intention and confidence that they must win, otherwise it becomes a tough week for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pressure and expectations are always there, not just because they\u2019re coming off a defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid piled that pressure on by claiming <a href=\"https:\/\/share.fromthespot.co.uk\/article\/real-madrid-4-1-real-sociedad-los-blancos-move-top-in-laliga-as-alexander-arnold-assists-on-injury-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:an emphatic 4-1 victory at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">an emphatic 4-1 victory at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u<\/a> against Real Sociedad on Saturday, moving two points clear of the blaugrana.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Only a win would see Bar\u00e7a restore their lead in the standings, and M\u00edchel revealed: \u201cI expect the best Bar\u00e7a, as always. They\u2019re a great team, and it\u2019ll be difficult to get a good result against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I like about [Hansi] Flick\u2019s Bar\u00e7a is that they always play the same way. They have many good qualities and are difficult to counter [because of] their pressing [and] the high defensive line which gives them many advantages despite the risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the [Barcelona v] Atl\u00e9tico match, we had already looked at Bar\u00e7a and analysed how to counter their style of play. I have it in my head, but it will be difficult to execute on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be clear about where and how to press, and be good with and without the ball to avoid transitions,\u201d the 50-year-old explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Girona boss views the Catalan derby as \u201ca special match\u201d and an opportunity for the blanquivermelles to build momentum as they look to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cNormally they win, since they win 90% of their matches, but I am optimistic and have analysed the best way to win: being ourselves, and aware that it\u2019ll be very complicated because of the opponent\u2019s quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the suffering we will face on the pitch, the crowd must give us an extra push.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Girona v Barcelona gets underway at 20:00 UK on Monday 16 February at the Estadi Montilivi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona will prove to be a \u201ccomplicated\u201d test for Girona when they meet on Monday, admitted M\u00edchel in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[1206,1205,49,48,151661,12207,133565,564,86002,561,82,3585,21683],"class_list":{"0":"post-477814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barca","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-copa-del-rey","13":"tag-girona","14":"tag-michel","15":"tag-real-madrid","16":"tag-real-sociedad","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-win"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}