VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM BARCELONA HEAD COACH, HANSI FLICK RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 24, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) 1. BARCELONA HEAD COACH, HANSI FLICK. ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA HEAD COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: "You never can choose when is the right time. I think every game is different, but at the end I'm really happy to play against Chelsea because we can show how good we are. And we'll see, it's a good test. The training we have, we see that the team is improving a lot the last last weeks, and we are happy with this. And also, some players are coming back. This is the good news. Frenkie (de Jong) is coming back (from suspension). Marcus (Rashford) is back from his cold. Rapha (Raphinha) can maybe play more minutes and next week or this week at the end, I hope hopefully also Pedri." 3. WHITE FLASH 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA HEAD COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: "It's one of the best teams, I think also in the world. The evolution here in the club, the change in the club, it's very fantastic. There are a lot of young players, a fantastic coach who has given them an identity to play football. It's very great to see, every match I see, I really appreciate about that, what they are doing. And a young team with exceptional players, and for us it's a really good match, good game, to compete - this is the Champions League. And the Champions League, it's not easy." 5. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA HEAD COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: "For me, (the) important thing is that he (Raphinha) is back. And about the minutes, about how long he will play, we (will) decide. I think he got a re-injury two times and this is not good in this step, and we take care. I'm really happy to have him back because also the few minutes he played on Saturday, you saw the difference. You saw the difference - you saw the dynamic, you saw also with the ball, he created a lot of spaces for us. So, I love to have him back." 7. WHITE FLASH 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA HEAD COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: "I have followed him (Rashford) I think his whole career, and I was impressed about him, about his quality and what he's doing in the box, what he's doing in front of the goal, opponents' goal. And he showed it also in Barcelona. It was really good. I think also for him, this change to live in another culture in Barcelona, the people are fantastic. We have nice weather - not last week, but normally we have nice weather. And for me it's amazing, and also you can see now he's also smiling a lot." 9. FLICK LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: Hansi Flick was optimistic Barcelona are getting back to full strength with forward Raphinha and Marcus Rashford returning to bolster the squad ahead of Tuesday's (November 25) Champions League clash away to Chelsea. Brazilian winger Raphinha made his return from a two-month injury layoff in Barca's 4-0 win at home to Athletic Bilbao, coming on as a sub for the last 10 minutes. Rashford, meanwhile, missed out on that match, the first at the newly refurbished Camp Nou, due to illness. Speaking to a press conference in London on Monday (November 24), Flick also said midfielder Pedri will not be available for Chelsea but is expected back soon. Barcelona sit 11th in the Champions League table with seven points from their first four matches, the same return as Chelsea who sit one spot below them in 12th due to goal difference. Both teams will be looking to close the gap on the top eight after drawing in the last round of matches, Barcelona 3-3 against Club Brugge in Belgium while Chelsea finished level with Qarabag 2-2 in Azerbaijan. (Production: Gerhard Mey, Conal Quinn) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
