Barcelona manager Hansi Flick expects Atalanta to cope with Ademola Lookman’s absence in their UEFA Champions League clash against his side.
Flick however claimed it’s not always easy for any club to play a crucial game without their star player.
Lookman will miss the matchday seven encounter slated for Nou Camp on Wednesday (today) due to a knee injury.
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“Of course, when you lose an important player, it’s not easy. But I think Gasperini knows his team well,” he told a press conference.
“For me, I usually don’t focus on one or two players, but I always look at the team as a whole and its performances.
“I don’t think the style they want to play will change much. There’s a kind of spontaneity that builds up over the course of training sessions and many games. So, in the end, I don’t think things will change much.”
Lookman has so far scored four goals and registered two assists in six appearances for Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League this season.
By Adeboye Amosu
