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Facing Atalanta in the Champions League, Barcelona defender: We are qualified, but we want to win

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Facing Atalanta in the Champions League, Barcelona defender: We are qualified,

Barcelona will host Berat Gjimshiti's Atalanta tomorrow evening in the final match of the Champions League groups. Alejandro Balde appeared alongside coach Hansi Flick at the press conference. 

The Barcelona defender stated that they expected a difficult match against the Italians, while emphasizing that they entered the game to win.

What match are you expecting?
"It will be an important match, we are already qualified, but we face a big rival. We are good, the match against Valencia has given us confidence for tomorrow's match. We want the three points."

Ansu Fati and Lamine Jamal are both his friends…
“Ansu is one of my best friends, I spend a lot of time with him. He is going through a bit of a complicated situation, but he wants to grow and I am sure he will come back because he has an incredible talent, what can we say about Lamine… He is already one of the best in the world, he can still grow, but he is already strong.”

Thinking about the possible record for goals scored in a single season?
"This year we have scored a lot, but we don't think about that. We just want to beat our rivals and win titles, because that's what's left at the end of the season."

Is there racism in Spanish football?
"If three or four people offend, you can't generalize... When you receive racist insults, you just have to report them, personally it's not something that bothers me. I'm black and I'm proud of it."

Tebas said that El Clasico could be played outside…
"The truth is that we don't think about it. I think that match after match, there is still time for El Clasico and we will think about it. I can say that I hope to play it at home, among our people."

Injaki Penja is finding less space with Shezni..
"I see it well. I've spent a lot of time with him, he's one of the hardest workers on the team. He's the first one to come to the gym and the last one. Leaving, these are football things, the important thing is how to adapt."

"Is it the best dressing room you've played in?
The dressing rooms have always been very close-knit, we're young and we help each other. We get along well, that's one of the good things about the team."

What can you improve on?
"In many things... I'm 21, people are already used to us. But at this age we can always grow, mentally and physically, in attack and defense."

Can great things be achieved in this Champions League?
"We have a great team capable of doing great things. We won the Super Cup, we are doing well, there are still many games left in the league. We don't have to think about that, but we have a great team. ."

Has anything changed from a coaching point of view?
"Each coach brings his own philosophy, but even last year we were physically good."

What do you think about Atalanta, after last year's success in the Europa League?
"Atalanta is a great team and they are having a great championship. Last year they had great competition, it will be a very complicated match like almost all in Europe."

Is the team focusing more on the Champions League?
"Our idea is to fight for every title, we are Barcelona...".

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