Valencia manager highlights Barcelona quality ahead of La Liga clash – “They are the champions”

Valencia manager highlights Barcelona quality ahead of La Liga clash – “They are the champions” After three back-to-back wins to start the new season, Barcelona will be looking for their fourth consecutive victory in La Liga as they take on Valencia tomorrow afternoon. The Blaugrana have an excellent opportunity to build an early lead over rival Real Madrid, who dropped points against Real Betis in this gameweek. Valencia, though, will be determined to secure their first win of the season. And ahead of this crucial matchup, Valencia coach Carlos Corberan talked about Barcelona in the pre-match press conference. What Corberan said about Barcelona Corberan has immense respect for Barcelona. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Corberan acknowledged the scale of the challenge his side face but insisted his focus remains firmly on his own team. “It is a team with a lot of potential. Although they have come from being champions of the league, they have made a tremendous investment, more than 170 million, more than other years. They have great possibilities but we focus on Valencia,” he said (h/t Diario AS ). “The staff wants to claim and show that we can do things better than last week. We have a desire to feed and improve the performance of last weekend,” he added. Valencia have started the season with just one point in three matches, most recently losing to Deportivo A Coruna in their last game. Time to rotation? Will Flick ring in the changes this weekend? (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) A key talking point heading into this clash is whether or not Hansi Flick will have the luxury of fielding a full strength eleven, considering Barcelona have Champions League to worry about. The Catalans are slated to face Feyenoord in the Champions League on Wednesday, which could potentially force Flick to make a few changes in the starting eleven. There are already doubts about Lamine Yamal, who was absent from training . However, it is likely he will maintain his strongest eleven for the league encounter against Valencia and make some early substitution calls later in the game. Barcelona do have the benefit of not having to face Feyenoord away in midweek, thus saving the team from a hectic travel schedule.