Minutes after the ultimate whistle in opposition to Atletico Madrid, no participant selected to talk to the media, however Pau Cubarsi took the chance to talk to Barça One.
The younger centre-back, visibly pissed off and in ache after the last-minute loss, addressed the media, providing his ideas on the defeat.
Cubarsi admitted that the loss felt like one of many hardest of the season, particularly given the best way the group had performed.
He defined that whereas that they had been taking part in a wonderful recreation, small particulars led to their downfall, making this defeat notably laborious to swallow simply earlier than the Christmas break.
“This may very well be the hardest defeat of the season, we have been taking part in an important recreation however attributable to some particulars we misplaced,” he analysed.
A much-needed break
The loss leaves Barcelona with simply 5 factors from their final 21, which is a worrying statistic for the squad. Regardless of the setback, Cubarsi remained optimistic, believing that the upcoming brief break may very well be useful for the group.
Pau Cubarsi gave his opinion on Barcelona’s defeat. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
“The group will do nicely with a break to do a ‘reset’ and disconnect,” he added.
In a calmer second, Cubarsi mirrored on what went fallacious throughout the match. He identified two essential areas the place the group faltered.
Firstly, particular person errors on the again have been expensive, and secondly, a scarcity of precision within the attacking third prevented them from capitalising on their probabilities.
“We made particular person errors on the again and we lacked accuracy up entrance. This defeat is inexplicable however it’s our fault. We’re screwed however we’ve got to get by this recreation to start out 2025 with every thing,”
He ended by speaking concerning the group’s preliminary strategy to the match. Barcelona aimed to start out with excessive depth, realizing that getting off to a quick begin would give them a greater likelihood of success.
Nevertheless, they have been undone by a few avoidable errors that in the end decided the result of the sport.
“We wished to return out with every thing from the start as a result of if we’re plugged in from the beginning we’ve got extra potentialities, however two foolish particulars have marked us,” he added.