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Manchester United goalkeeper coach Emilio Alvarez said David De Gea had made a "very special preparation" before facing Lionel Messi of Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League match. will be held Tuesday at Camp Nou.
United needed to close the 1-0 deficit in the quarter-finals and Messi, who scored 44 goals in all competitions this season, was one of 10 players rested for Barca's 0-0 draw in Huesca in preparation for the first leg of the Champions League.
Asked about the challenge of taking a player like Messi, Alvarez told Radio Cadena Ser: "We do different things, I would not lie if I said we're doing a super special preparation." I've already worked in La Liga for several seasons with David [De Gea] as well and before with other guards. I can not deny that there is a peculiarity regarding Leo [Messi] in which in the end, you try to offer tools and data to the holder so that he can help it.
"But we all know that no matter how much you study Leo, or if you have the tools and the good ones, the talent is always above anything else, and I work specifically with De Gea, which I obviously can not revealing, but we do some different things and we include other things only in relation to another game, because we are facing Leo. "
Alvarez added that De Gea, who started his career at Atletico Madrid and is the No. 1 in Spain, is looking forward to the challenge.
"He is very motivated to play in Spain," he said. "Facing a Spanish team in Spain is always a source of pride for De Gea and the other Spanish players on the team – anyone who knows David well knows that his greatest ability is to refrain from any type uncomfortable and stressful situation He is very mentally strong. "
The Barca has not lost at home for 30 games in the Champions League, and United has not reached the semifinals of the competition since 2011. But United has shown that it can get a big European result by eliminating Paris Saint Germain in the previous round on goals on the outside after eliminating a deficit of 2-0 since the first leg.
When asked if he thought that United players had been released after Jose Mourinho's dismissal in December and the arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Alvarez said: "It depends on your definition of release.I think Mourinho is one of the best coaches in the world.You can like him more or less.
"In the end, a coach is measured in terms of results and titles and a coach who has won a lot in many different leagues means that he has done things very well in many places. a change, a change of direction, which is completely different, there has been a different inertia. "
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