World Sports: Bernal played in a friendly match for the Catalan team, Flick inspected the site

"World Sports News" reported that Flick personally visited the stands of the Montjuic Stadium to watch the friendly match between Catalonia and Palestine. He paid special attention to the performance of Bernal. The midfielder returned after a year's layoff due to injury and has not received many playing opportunities in Barcelona. Therefore, Flick approved him to accept the call-up to the Catalonia team in order to accumulate game time.

According to prior agreement, Catalonia coach Gerard Lopez sent out Bernal in the first half of the game. The La Masia youth training player performed well on both offense and defense. Catalonia did not have much possession of the ball, with alternating control in the midfield and a lack of continuity. Bernal showed a good rhythm of the game.

Barcelona has developed a work plan for the player, and Bernal's playing time has been intermittent since training resumed. He started with nine minutes against Valencia, before getting some minutes against Real Oviedo, PSG and Olympiakos, as well as a brief appearance against Celta Vigo.

After the game, Bernal praised the global influence of this friendly match in an interview with TV3 and admitted: "These playing times are very beneficial to me, especially for my recovery."

Although the players clearly understood each other. There was a lack of tacit understanding, but Bernal said: "I feel very good, very comfortable."

When the reporter mentioned that Flick was in the stands and may have taken detailed notes, the midfielder smiled and replied: "That's right, yes, yes."