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Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick is way from keen on the customized in Spanish soccer that enables play to proceed regardless of the assistant referee being conscious of a transparent offside. This follow deeply irritates him, even contemplating his often calm manner.
It isn’t the primary time we’ve got seen the German coach categorical frustration over the pointless additional distance his gamers should run when such conditions come up.
And, as reported by SPORT, throughout the conflict in opposition to Mallorca on Tuesday, the Barcelona head coach discovered himself in one other battle with the assistant referees.
Sad with the linesman
Yesterday, Flick’s main focus was on one man: Angel Nevado Rodriguez. This was the assistant referee positioned on the sideline the place Flick was located throughout the first half at Son Moix.
As the sport progressed and offside choices continued to pile up, the Barça supervisor’s irritation in the direction of the assistant referee grew.
Mallorca had been flagged offside 11 instances within the match, making it the La Liga sport with essentially the most offside choices this season, solely behind El Clasico.
A major variety of these occurred within the first half, lots of them by a number of metres, additional irritating Flick as his Barcelona gamers had been pressured to unnecessarily exhaust themselves chasing again.
Flick was sad with the linesman throughout Mallorca vs Barça. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
His gestures had been seen, with the coach expressing his discontent clearly. His anger was solely worsened when Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi scored, because it supplied one other second the place his gamers’ defensive lapses had been uncovered, including gasoline to his frustration.
Lack of know-how
When requested concerning the subject within the press room by SPORT, Flick elaborated on his perspective, saying:
“I don’t care concerning the variety of offsides Mallorca dedicated. I by no means have a look at the statistics. What I don’t perceive is that there are conditions the place the offside is obvious by 5 metres, and my gamers should run again, exhausting themselves for no cause. It is senseless.”
He continued: “I perceive letting play go on when there’s doubt, however whether it is clear, it doesn’t make sense to me. I can not perceive it.”
This has been a constant frustration for Flick since his arrival at Barcelona, with the supervisor ushering in a big change within the model of play sometimes seen on the membership, one which carries a a lot larger threat.
Whereas coaches like Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique additionally advocated for top urgent, Flick’s technique of persistently positioning the defensive position as excessive as he does is unprecedented.
In consequence, Barcelona have been setting new information, each for the variety of offside choices they’re concerned in and the variety of targets which are being chalked off consequently.
Naturally, Flick is certain to get pissed off when linesmen let play proceed even for the obvious offside calls, resulting in added workload on his gamers.
