VIDEO SHOWS: BARCELONA TEAM TRAINING AHEAD OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH / COACH HANSI FLICK AND MIDFIELDER FERMIN LOPEZ SPEAKING AT PRESS CONFERENCE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. MIDFIELDER PEDRI, DEFENDER JULES KOUNDE AND COACH HANSI FLICK ARRIVING AT TRAINING CAMP 2. FORWARD LAMINE YAMAL AND MIDFIELDER MARC CASADO WALKING ONTO PITCH 3. FLICK TALKING WITH LEFT BACK ALEJANDRO BALDE AND FORWARD MARCUS RASHFORD 4. PLAYERS GATHERED 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FC BARCELONA COACH HANSI FLICK SAYING: "So at the moment I have more emotions, this club maybe changed me completely because what I can say is that I really love this club. I love Barcelona, I love the people here and it's amazing here." 6. PRESS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 7. YAMAL KICKING BALL TOWARDS BASKETBALL 8. PLAYERS PASSING IN RONDO DRILL 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FC BARCELONA COACH HANSI FLICK SAYING: “I really, give my best for this club. This is what I want. I live for the club and really, all these things (protest to referee in match against Girona), when I see me also in the television, I don’t like it, to be honest. I don’t like this and that my grandchild see his grandpa like this, so, I have to change maybe my behaviour.” 10. SESSION IN PROGRESS 11. FLICK WATCHING 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FC BARCELONA COACH HANSI FLICK SAYING: “We have to take care (of players and injuries). This situation at the moment, is taking care about the players. And of course, I know there’s a tough situation but at the end, after everyone is back then we will have another situation. And this is what we want.“ 13. CAMERAS FILMING 14. VARIOUS OF GOALKEEPERS TRAINING 15. RONDO DRILL 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FC BARCELONA COACH HANSI FLICK SAYING: "They have a good offence. For me and also statistics say they are one of the best teams on crossing. You also can see when you watch the match against Arsenal, they had also a huge chance to score a goal. So, for us, we have to pay attention about these things. They have really good players in the offence, they have a clear idea on how they want to play, so we need to take care about that." 17. VARIOUS OF MIDFIELDER FRENKIE DE JONG DURING RONDO DRILL 18. KOUNDE WALKING 19. YAMAL AND TEAM MATES JOKING 20. (SOUNDBITE) (Catalan) MIDFIELDER FERMIN LOPEZ SAYING: “I think in the end there have been a lot of injuries at the moment and we have to play with what we have, which we have a lot of good players too.” 21. TEAM DRINKING WATER 22. YAMAL IN RONDO DRILL 23. BALDE CHASING BALL 24. SESSION IN PROGRESS STORY: Barcelona manager Hansi Flick revealed on Monday (October 20) that his time at the Catalan club had transformed him, speaking candidly on the eve of the Champions League clash with Olympiakos Piraeus. The match comes at a critical juncture after defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the group stages for a Barca side who were a few minutes from reaching their first Champions League final in a decade in Flick's first year in charge last season. The German coach acknowledged his recent emotional outbursts, including being sent off during the Spanish champions' dramatic 2-1 win over Girona in La Liga on Saturday when Ronald Araujo's stoppage-time strike secured victory. The 60-year-old Flick, who was shown a red card for allegedly protesting against refereeing decisions in the dying minutes of the match, said he had been overwhelmed by emotion. "Now I have more emotions; this club have completely changed me. What I can say is that I love this club, I love Barcelona, I love the people here, it's incredible, and I give my all for this club. "To be honest, I don't like these things when I see myself on TV, and I don't like my grandchildren seeing their grandfather like that, so maybe I have to change my behaviour." Barca are enduring a challenging period with a spate of injuries to key players, including Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo. Flick is left with limited options in attack and is likely to field a front three of Fermin Lopez on the left wing, Marcus Rashford as the central striker and 18-year-old Lamine Yamal on the right against Olympiakos. Barca are 16th in the Champions League table on three points from two games, while Olympiakos are 29th with one point. The Catalan club have appealed against Flick's sending off, aiming to ensure he will be on the touchline on Saturday at Real Madrid, who second-placed Barcelona trail by two points in La Liga, although the coach acknowledged it is a long-shot. (Production: Horaci Garcia, Miguel Gutierrez)
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