Beijing Time (CEST) August 24 – Ahead of the second round of the new La Liga season, where Barcelona will visit Elche, Flick spoke about Balde, who was not called up for the match.

"I spoke with Balde this morning (Sunday). I told him that I don't think he's 100% fit right now, and the best thing for him is to stay home. We'll talk again later," Flick explained in an interview with Movistar before the match.

Flick then discussed Barça's preparations: "We're excited to start the new season, and we're ready. It's been an intense preseason, with the World Cup players only recently returning after Spain's victory. Congratulations to Spain, but now we're really getting into our daily training routine."

"On the front line, we need to manage the playing time of our players, because the World Cup players returned late, while the others are in better match fitness. We need to manage everything correctly. We have enough players, we're ready."

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