The Blaugrana managed to select up three poitns however struggled at occasions in opposition to their La Liga opponents
Barcelona obtained again on observe Sunday night time with a 3-1 win over Elche, responding nicely after final weekend’s El Clasico defeat.
Objectives from Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford gave Hansi Flick’s facet a much-needed increase of their home marketing campaign.
After the sport, Flick spoke in regards to the efficiency, and admitted it wasn’t all clean crusing however felt his gamers confirmed the correct angle when it mattered.
“I’ve seen issues that we’ve accomplished nicely, however we even have to enhance. We’ve to combat. Immediately we had an opponent who needed the ball and it wasn’t straightforward.
“We needed to press and we did, that’s why we scored the primary two targets and created extra probabilities.”
Barcelona ended the match with lower than half of the ball, simply 49% possession, however Flick wasn’t too bothered by that. With a number of key gamers lacking, he is aware of his facet isn’t fairly at full power but.
“It’s not troublesome to have management with out Pedri. We are able to do this too. Pedri is a superb participant and we wish him in each sport, however with out him we’ve got to handle it. We are able to enhance in lots of issues, and we are going to. It’s three extra factors and we’ll maintain going.
“It’s not straightforward, we’ve got many gamers who haven’t been capable of play in the previous couple of video games. We lack high quality.
“The final two coaching classes have been excellent, top-of-the-line this season. We’ve to speak about ball possession, we weren’t fairly good on this. A very powerful factor is the three factors. We’ve taken a step ahead and we’ve got to be optimistic.”
Managing Yamal’s Minutes
Flick additionally gave an replace on Lamine Yamal after {the teenager} discovered the online once more regardless of not being at full health.
“He has to handle his damage. Practice, get therapy. It’s a great step for him. We are able to’t say that he’s at 100%. We’ve to handle it.”
Reward for Fermin Lopez
The coach additionally highlighted the contribution of Fermin Lopez, who stood out with one other full of life efficiency.
“He has accomplished excellent issues, however like the entire group. He isn’t 100% and he should enhance some issues, however like the entire group. In current video games, he has at all times been concerned within the probabilities and targets.”
It wasn’t an ideal show from Barcelona, however after the frustration of El Clasico, Flick shall be blissful to see his group present character and take one other step ahead.