Hansi Flick he is satisfied with the performance of his Barcelona, who reacted to last weekend’s home defeat by scoring five goals yesterday against Mallorca: “It was a very important day for us. We had many opportunities and managed to score goals in the first half, then we started the second half doing the same. It’s true that in the first half it was difficult for us in some parts but in the second we found ourselves. I’m very, very happy, especially for having won the three points opportunities and we scored, it’s fantastic I would also like that the team doesn’t concede a goal, it wasn’t possible but I can’t complain. It was a very good match, I’m very happy.”
The presence of Lamine Yamal: “Lamine is always important, he is an incredible footballer. He is the one who makes the biggest difference in the team. Today he could have scored a goal or two, but he worked for the team. The penalty, for example, was caused by him and Raphinha also assisted. However, I want to highlight the performance of all the other players: I always say that it is important to talk about the group, how we defend and how we attack. It’s not always easy to defend like we do, with the line so advanced. They are very young players and we ask a lot of them. We worked well with the ball. I’m very, very happy today, frankly. We have many players who have returned after long injuries, they have played a leading role and in the end it is not normal that they are already at 100% after a long time, but they managed it.”
Five goals without Lewandowski: “He needed to rest, he accumulated a lot of minutes. We also thought about it with Raphinha and spoke to him, but you saw the performance he gave. We’ll see when we can give him some rest.”
Who decided who would take the penalty?: “We had several players who could take it, we trained on penalties and those who have the most confidence take them. Raphinha was very good.”