Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Sunday, April 12, 2026, 08:15 / Updated Sunday, April 12, 2026 08:16
The away coach was adamant, stating that Barcelona's successes came as a result of glaring mistakes by his players, and not due to the clear superiority of their opponents.
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“You are focused in the match. You keep the game where you want, in the 80th minute you are in the game. And although we do everything we need to, we concede three goals… I don't count the fourth one, but these three goals are not the result of talented executions, but our actions, where we did not manage to come out as we should have.
The first goal came from a corner, which is a real shameand on the second Gavi wins an aerial duel. This is just infuriating. Then in the third the exact same thing happens – we lose a ball in midfield and the situation ends with a goal in our goal.
The team leaves destroyed. Like in the four games I've played against them since I've been here, I feel like we could get points. We have to start winning as soon as possible, we have a trip to Vallecas coming up, where we have to compete at the highest level. We don't have to look at anything else,” said the coach, according to sportal.bg.
“We dominated the first half and had the opportunity to make it 2-0. We could make changes and they were made – De Jong and Olmo came on at the end. I'm happy for Ferran Torres. He's looking good in training.
All strikers need goals. I think Gerard Martin will be able to play on Tuesday. We score many goals from set pieces. We're not the tallest team, but it's a matter of positioning and getting the ball into the right area.
– Hansi Flick, Barcelona coach
