The Barcelona coach made some sense to the controversy surrounding the disturbance in Catalonia at the moment. The change of venue and so not playing the game at Bernabeu is not an option for the coach.
"There's still time, we trust in our people and in being able to play at our stadium. We trust that things will work out. There is still nine days and we have to wait," he stated.
Valverde indicated that he hopes that "the game will go on as normal" and moreover, and he prefers that the game against their ultimate rivals will be "celebrated without any problems". "But it is up to the RFEF to make the decision", he added.
The coach relies on limited time to reject the option of playing at Santiago Bernabeu: "The normal thing is to play on our pitch. Before this we have a difficult journey to Prague in the Champions League and we can see what happens there".
On the other hand, he reviewed the physical state of some of his players in the squad, such as Leo Messi, about who he stated that "he must go slowly, the other day he scored, he is in the process of improving to support a lot of things".