Simeone sends a hint to Joao Félix for his regularity

One of the appeals that surrounds to the big duel of this Sunday between the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid in Montjuïc is the fact that, for the first time in this season, Joãor Félix will confront to the 'colchoneros'. This reunion, perhaps matizado by the fact that will carry out in the feudo Barcelona, promises to be loaded of emotiveness, especially after considering the antecedents of the relation between the 'rojiblancos' and the Portuguese, as well as the recent statements that have produced between both edicts.

In this sense, the technical director of the Athletic of Madrid, the 'Cholo' Simeone, during his previous press conference to the clash against the cast blaugrana, initially treated to avoid the subject of the crossing with the Portuguese player, saying: "I do not speak of the boys that are not in our team". Nevertheless, finally it finished asestando a small 'stick' to the native of Viseu.

The 'stick' of Simeone to Joãor Félix

However, in front of the reiteration of the question around the crash between the luso and his directed, the Argentinian did not have objections in sending him a message to the attacker. "I say what think. The football does not explain by a party. A party is a party. The important is the continuity, sustain a work, in a history behind. This is what explains further of a party. A good party can do it any one", emphasized the 'Cholo'.

In this sense, the bonaerense has posed the possibility that Joãor Félix can have a big exert against the colchoneros, but at the same time, can interpret like an implicit challenge to keep this stellar level during all the season. On the other hand, the luso already has contested 16 parties with the Barcelona T-shirt in this campaign, adding four annotations and three passes to goal, and seems to have recovered feelings in his game.

These statements range with the expressed by Antoine Griezmann, the one who mentioned recently that the Portuguese did not attain to keep a regularity in his game during his time in the Athletic, what contributed to his 'failure' in the Madrilenian team. "At the end when you arrive here you know more or less how it is the trainer, how is the team, and or join up you and work for this or do not go out you the things. JoãOr there were moments that did it very well, that worked very well, but it is necessary to be constant and the same arrived a moment where tired ", exposed the French.

The defence of Xavi to Joãor Félix

Finally, it costs to stand out that Xavi Hernández, in his press conference, went out in defence of his player, affirming in the first place: "Play against the Athletic has to be an extra motivation. I see it motivated, happy and happy. It has been constant. I am loved with his performance and how has adapted to the group".

Besides, later the trainer egarense expressed the following: "Here we are very happy. I have not been in the Athletic of Madrid. No me incumben. Here we have seen a Joãor happy, worker, dynamic, that is wanted in the changing room, facetious. It works for the group, does important goals. I do not have any complaint", concluded.