The Barça team lost at home 1-2 and has already gone three matches in a row without being able to celebrate in the Spanish tournament.
Spanish Barcelona still cannot convince their supporters in La Liga. This Saturday, the Barça team added its third match without being able to celebrate after losing at home 1-2 against Las Palmas in the round of 15. .
Despite their dominance and control of the ball for much of the match, they were unable to overcome the resistance of the Gran Canarias. It was the latter who were able to take the lead a few minutes after the start of the second stage.
Sandro Ramirez (49′) was responsible for surprising the Culés supporters present at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. In any case, those led by Hansi Flick showed signs of reaction. Thus, in 61′, Raphinha He was responsible for making the score 1-1.
However, Barcelona’s disappointment would be greater. Just six minutes later, Fábio Silva put Las Palmas ahead to make it 1-2, which would eventually be final. .
Even if the Blaugranas retain first place in the standings with 34 points, This situation is threatened since Real Madrid, with 30, has the possibility of surpassing them, since it still has to play the duel of the 15th day against Getafe this Sunday (12:15 p.m. in Chile) and the match corresponding to the 12th day. against Valencia a duel that had to be postponed due to the climate crisis that the Valencian Community is going through.
Flick’s disappointment
After the duel, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick spoke about this fall quite critically. “We didn’t do well, but the team tried until the end to get a good result . “Today was not the day and we were not effective with the opportunities we generated in the second half,” he said at the start of the press conference after the duel.
“When we control matches and put in a good performance, we are able to play well and generate chances. The problem is that when we don’t do that, we don’t score the goals we used to score. We need to change, defend better and logically, if you don’t score a goal, it’s also more difficult to keep a clean sheet. This is a team-wide thing. We need to reconnect and come back. There are now some difficult matches in the league, then in Dortmund “, he continued.
Precisely, regarding the inaccuracies in the definition, Flick stressed that “our job is to have the ball, we had it. We had 27 shots on goal, they didn’t have a corner and we had several… but you have to score. As a team we all know what to do and how to defend. We must not give space to the rival. You have to accept the result. We are very disappointed today “, he remarked.
He was also consulted on the latest results, since in the last three duels, Barcelona only obtained one point out of nine in dispute. “The month of November ends and we start December in a positive way. The team has quality. The players tried for 90 minutes, but today it was not possible. In front of goal, we were unable to score. It wasn’t easy. We are leaders and the rival is trying to beat them and we have to accept it,” he commented.
Despite all this, he does not lose confidence in overcoming this bad moment. “I believe in my players, I have confidence in them. But things are what they are. Maybe there will be games like today. I told them, when I arrived, that there was no excuse. It is normal that some players return from injury not to be at their best level. But when there are good connections and everyone attacks and defends well… we beat anyone. If a player is offline, it’s not possible… I think the players believe in themselves and the way they play. It’s not about individualizing. One, two, three players do not win a game. It’s about team, it’s always about team. We need to have good relationships, and today we didn’t have one . And we had opportunities, but we didn’t finish them. If you create and don’t score…if you score, it has an impact on the rival. We have to work as a team and try to take advantage of opportunities,” he explained.
From now on, the work of the Culé coach will focus on preparing for his next engagement. This Tuesday, December 3, from 3:00 p.m. in Chile, they will face Mallorca. Then, on Saturday 7 of the same month, they will face Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis at the Benito Villamarín stadium.
Source: Latercera
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