Barcelona manager Hansi Flick took a shot at La Liga for their scheduling of Barça’s league clash against Real Valladolid in between the Champions League semi-finals between the Blaugrana and Inter Milan.
The league confirmed that the Catalans will face Valladolid away from home on Saturday, May 3, at 9pm CET, and Flick called the decision a “joke” in his press conference as it forces the team to travel back to Barcelona overnight and gives them less time to rest and prepare for the second leg of the semi-finals on Tuesday.
Flick explained that he simply hoped the match to be scheduled earlier in the same day, and was clearly irritated since the same thing happened last week when Barça faced Leganés away from home on a Saturday night ahead of a trip to Dortmund for the second leg of their European quarter-final, which also took place on a Tuesday.