Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has admitted that his facet are in a battle to revive their hopes of successful the Liga title after falling seven factors behind Actual Madrid this weekend. The German coach did have motive for optimism in his eyes although.
Flick believes that whereas the Blaugrana dropped factors once more this weekend in opposition to Getafe, he felt he had seen a turning level happen for his group.
“We’re now in three competitions, and we gained our first title, and that’s nice. But in addition, and I don’t wish to look again, our ends in La Liga, it’s not good. In fact, whenever you see the scenario in La Liga, there’s nothing to cover, it’s not what we wish.”
Hansi Flick: “Our objective is to win tomorrow’s recreation. It will be an amazing step for the classification and with the ability to end within the prime eight. Now we’re second, it could be nice to get the three factors.”
“However after I see after the break, how we performed, it’s actually good. And naturally everybody is aware of that it’s tough to play in Getafe. I hope tomorrow to see a distinct type of soccer from my group. Benfica can be a group that likes to play soccer. It’s nice to see, and so they wish to play, and di Maria is considered one of my favorite gamers.”
He was requested whether or not he felt the Blaugrana nonetheless had a shot at successful the title.
“All I can say is that we are going to combat for it, and we are going to give all the pieces for it. Within the subsequent month, we are going to see on the finish how it’s.”
Barcelona have seen a seven-point lead of their very own slip away, with a since their victory over Actual Madrid on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Earlier than Flick spoke to the press, Benfica supervisor Bruno Lage defined that in his eyes, Barcelona had been the favourites for the Champions League.
“It’s probably the most tough issues to do. However we are going to strive it. After I see Liverpool, they’re at a very nice stage, performing in each match, they’ve a robust group, you see the ability of them. Their supervisor did an amazing job and it’s considered one of my favorite groups.”
The German coach was pressed on their league kind, and never solely tried to take accountability for his or her points in La Liga, but additionally had phrases of reward for Getafe. He was for what he felt was a foul on Jules Kounde, however on the entire was impressed with Los Azulones.
“I’ll take away the strain for the group, the group does a very nice job, they’re taking part in very effectively, they prepare very effectively. I’ll say what I mentioned in Getafe. It’s my first season right here, and I haven’t skilled it. It’s actually unbelievable how they play.”
“You’re all the time wanting up, it’s like tennis. It’s not good to play there. However what I can say is that when a group is 100% targeted on this type, it’s unbelievable. Perhaps after I was a footballer, I’d not have favored to play there, however for them, it’s unbelievable to see, and so they give attention to this, 100% and they’re profitable with it.”