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FC Barcelona had been hoping to solidify their place on the prime of the 2024-25 La Liga standings following their one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary celebrations. Nevertheless, a 1-2 defeat at house to UD Las Palmas left them reeling. After the match, coach Hansi Flick delivered a candid evaluation, criticizing the group’s lack of cohesion and calling out sure gamers for being “disconnected.”
The match, which came about on Matchday 15 on the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, seemed to be an easy fixture for the Cules. But, a mixture of poor ending, missed alternatives, and defensive lapses led to an surprising setback within the league. Flick was requested whether or not there have been indicators of a disaster in group morale, and his response was each blunt and revealing.
“I consider within the gamers, now we have an excellent group, however it’s what it it. Matches like this occur. While you play as a group, the place everybody defend nicely, and everybody within the offense is included, I believe we are able to play and win againts any group. But when it’s not, if there are some gamers disconnected, it’s not good, and now we have to discuss that,” stated the coach within the press convention.
Barcelona dominated possession, holding 70% of the ball, and fired 27 pictures at purpose. Nevertheless, their lack of accuracy and ending value them dearly, as Las Palmas made essentially the most of their probabilities, scoring twice to take all three factors. Regardless of the defeat, Flick refused to supply excuses however did level to a sequence of unlucky conditions in current matches:
“There’s all the time a cause. In San Sebastián, we scored first, however it was dominated out. At this time, I nonetheless haven’t any rationalization. In Vigo, we had been 2-0 up, however we had a participant despatched off and conceded two targets after making many errors. However we must always have received. Each match is totally completely different. If we work as a group, we are able to beat anybody.”
Flick goals for fast turnaround
Barcelona’s defeat to relegation-threatened Las Palmas marked some of the important setbacks of Flick’s tenure on the membership. The loss to a group sitting 18th within the desk, which noticed Las Palmas rise to 14th, left the German coach with a tricky activity to rally his squad. Regardless of the blow, Flick careworn the significance of bouncing again rapidly as Barcelona face an important run of matches.
“I consider that after we management the video games, we’re in a position to play nicely and create probabilities, and we didn’t have any issues. Now, we don’t create as a lot nor rating as many targets. We have to defend higher. In case you don’t rating, it’s clearly tougher to maintain a clear sheet. It’s not simply the protection, it’s the entire group. We have to reconnect. We now have powerful matches forward in La Liga and Dortmund,” Flick stated to Movistar.
What’s subsequent for Barcelona?
With only one level from their final three La Liga matches—two losses and a draw—Barcelona have misplaced the numerous benefit they as soon as held over Actual Madrid following their El Clasico victory. Now, with a difficult schedule forward, Barcelona should regroup. As Flick highlighted, the group will face three consecutive away fixtures, beginning with a visit to Mallorca (fifth). This might be adopted by matches towards Actual Betis (ninth) subsequent week, and Borussia Dortmund (4th), who sit just under Barcelona within the Champions League group stage.
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