00:01Hi, Pep. Just a word on the Champions League draw, Real Madrid, again, you've played them so often in the
00:07last five seasons,
00:08but does that experience help going into this game?
00:12Yeah, for our club, as much as you play against the best teams in all history in this competition, you
00:19learn and improve and you are better in the future.
00:22You've had sort of two midweeks in a row with no fixture. How much of a difference does that make
00:29going into the final hectic last couple of months?
00:32If we win, it would have been perfect. If not, we had to play every three days. So we have
00:39a rest. We make a really good training session and ready for Ellen Road.
00:44Back to the Premier League this weekend, it can be obviously really hostile at Leeds. What sort of challenge would
00:50you expect at Ellen Road?
00:52Ellen Road is Ellen Road and Daniel made the last results, you know, going to Sanford Bridge or Villa Park
01:04and got results.
01:07They have even the blues that his own crowd. But yeah, we are ready to do this challenge again.
01:16Hi, Pep. Just a check on the team, please. How is everybody this week?
01:21Very good.
01:22Jeremy, is he close to returning yet?
01:24Sorry?
01:25Jeremy, how is he?
01:26Yesterday made the first training session, yeah.
01:29When will you expect to see him playing again?
01:31I don't know. We'll talk with the doctor's officials afterwards.
01:37Hi, Pep. Just a couple of questions on Ramadan, which is ongoing at the moment.
01:41Do you have to alter the schedules at all or training or allow players to pray if they need to?
01:48And how have you seen the players coping during the month?
01:52Yeah, they follow this tradition, religious tradition and of course you have a good nutritionist and they adapt to what
02:01the team needs.
02:02And we cannot adapt to the schedule for the time for the Premier League.
02:07And yeah, I think they are used, you know, they are not young and they are used many, many years
02:13playing in this period.
02:16The sun sets tomorrow in Leeds after the match has kicked off.
02:20So some players might have been fasting all day.
02:23Do you have to consider team selection for the likes of Mamouche, Cherki, Aydinuri and Kuzunov?
02:29They are well taken care and they know how you handle his situations.
02:37And finally, assistant Kolo is someone who has played in the Premier League and knows how to deal with that
02:43in Ramadan.
02:43He's not going to play tomorrow.
02:45Sorry?
02:46He's not going to play tomorrow.
02:47No, but have you gone to him for advice?
02:50Has he lent his knowledge about Ramadan and being a Muslim player in the Premier League?
02:54No, to me, no.
02:55But the players, I think they are not new, no?
02:58Both Ryans and Omar and Kusa.
03:02So it's not the first time, you know, they live, you know, the Ramadan.
03:07And they know perfectly with the handle.
03:09Of course, they are in touch with the nutrition, especially with the doctors and adapt and what they have to
03:13do and that's all.
03:16Good afternoon.
03:17Hope you're well.
03:18Can I just ask you about going to opposition grounds?
03:21Ellen Road has that bear pit feel, especially under the lights.
03:25They have not lost under the lights for the last 25 games.
03:29Do you have favourite grounds that you like to go to?
03:33You've been here ten years now going around Premier League grounds.
03:35Do you have a favourite opposition ground?
03:38Well, in ten years there have been not many times since Marcelo Biasa, you know, promoted the Premier League.
03:47We have been there.
03:48You know, it has been an incredible stadium.
03:50A good vibe.
03:51And we know it about many.
03:53I think there are a lot of many Premier League stadiums.
03:57Like they are traditional and they are really good.
04:00Ellen Road is one of them.
04:01But do you have a favourite one?
04:05Many.
04:06I like.
04:07I like a lot.
04:08I like Fulham.
04:10I like Watford, for example.
04:11It's traditional.
04:13The old Goodison Park.
04:16They have been from another country coming to traditional stadiums.
04:21I like it, of course.
04:22The new wines are beautiful.
04:23But, yeah.
04:24Can I ask you about the cocktails?
04:26The invitation that you put out a few days ago.
04:28When the players came back to train on Wednesday, did you get the impression that they had a good time
04:33and had a good relax?
04:35They trained really well these two days, yeah.
04:37What gives you that idea to give them the three days off?
04:42Was that something that's been in your mind for a while?
04:44You know the idea why we had a day off, right?
04:47You know the idea.
04:49It's not to go to Maldives.
04:52Since September, October, we don't have long weeks.
04:55So, the moment you can have, I learn in this country, less is more.
04:58And we can train less because we are competition.
05:01The schedule allows us.
05:02You have to clean the minds and legs to come back better.
05:09Hi, Pep.
05:11You've experienced yourself at Barcelona, what Mikel Arteta is going through right now.
05:15That pressure of trying to win a first league title as a manager.
05:18I just wonder, what's that pressure like?
05:20What do you remember of that time and, you know, trying to get over the line?
05:24And how does that compare maybe to when you were a player going for a league championship?
05:27I don't remember.
05:28I'm not here to give advice to Mikel.
05:33And you've had some incredible title races with Liverpool here over the years where it was relentless.
05:37Both teams winning right to the very end.
05:39Are you expecting something similar or do you think it's much harder to do that in the Premier League?
05:43How many times I would like to tell you, but I don't know.
05:46When we won this incredible run in Liverpool years ago, I didn't know it that time before it happened.
05:51I don't know now.
05:52So, he's on the road and that's always my concern in my mind.
05:58We certainly won that time.
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