H. Flick: "Until then, I had not encountered a smoking player in my career."

2025-05-10 20:30 © IMAGO/Pressinphoto

The head coach of the "Barcelona" club, Hansi Flick, revealed before the upcoming "El Clasico" match that Robert Lewandowski and Alejandro Balde are likely to start the game on the bench and joked about goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny's harmful habit:

"I don't think A. Balde and R. Lewandowski will be in the starting lineup for tomorrow's match; perhaps they will get some minutes in the second half. Gerard Martin has been performing excellently for a while now."

"W. Szczesny will play tomorrow. You know, he doesn't shy away from smoking sometimes, which I have not encountered before in my career... But, of course, he is of the right age, and in that way, he is calmer."

The 35-year-old Wojciech Szczesny has played 28 matches this season.