“We have to accept these defeats, we didn’t play very well.” Thus begins the comment by Hansi Flick after Barcelona’s sensational 4-2 defeat against Osasuna, reported by Sports World.
The coach thus justifies the massive turnover made, leaving players of the caliber of Lamine Yamal and Raphinha on the bench: “I think it is my responsibility to protect the players, because they have been playing for many minutes. But I didn’t expect us to play like this. I told the team that we have to move forward. We play on Tuesday, Sunday… and we are on the right path.”
Flick also wanted to give a lot of value to Tuesday’s match against Young Boys and for this reason he made many changes to the starting eleven: “We have two days to recover. I hope to see the best version of the team.” In this sense it was “positive”. “I think we need to get our first win in the Champions League.”