Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick on their shock UEFA Champions League defeat to Monaco
Stade Louis II, Monaco
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00:00We will start the press conference with Hansi Flick, FC Barcelona coach, but there is no
00:14translation prepared, so we will do the questions without translation.
00:19I'm sorry.
00:21Bonanit, Hansi, I would like to know how you have reorganized the team after the red card
00:35and if you think after the match, now that the match is over, if the changes have been
00:43too late.
00:44Too late?
00:45No.
00:46No, it's like, I think we defend with really a lot of passion.
00:56It's like what I see, we defend, the goal I mean, brought us back with a 1-1, was good
01:03for us and I think also we had a lot of chances, so, but at the end we, yeah, we tried to stay
01:16in the defense very compact, very close together, but you also can see that they bring a lot
01:27of players in with a huge speed and it was not easy to defend and after 10 minutes or
01:3312 minutes with the red card, the game changed totally, but what I can see is really the
01:40positive thing.
01:41We tried first, we tried to defend as a team and also attack as a team and we have chances,
01:52but today they deserve the 2-1, so we have to accept that.
01:57Marta.
01:58Hello, coach.
01:59Marta Ramon.
02:00What are your feelings after the defeat and if you are worried in any sense after what
02:20you have seen in the pitch tonight?
02:23No, I think we have to analyze this.
02:25Of course, it is our job as a coach, but also I say to the team now, heads up, because
02:33they were really a little bit disappointed in the dressing room, so now we have to focus
02:39on Sunday.
02:40Sunday we have the next tough match and now it is the time to recover, recover, recover
02:45and then hopefully we have the players back with a lot of energy, but at the end we also
02:54see the positive things.
02:56Of course, we will analyze the match and speak with the players about the things we don't
03:03make really good.
03:04This is our job.
03:07So today we have not these combinations like we normally did, but after the red card, it
03:15changed totally.
03:16Flaky.
03:17Hi, Mr. Flaky.
03:18In the last minutes of the game you replaced Lamine Lewandowski, Perri and Koubarski.
03:29Have there been changes thinking about today or thinking more about what is to come?
03:35It is more about, so you also saw that Lamine today, he tried a lot and it was also a tough
03:43match for him because they are attacking him really, really hard.
03:48This is the way, he also has to adapt this.
03:55So for Pau and him, it was more like also to think about Sunday.
04:00Laia.
04:01Hi Hansi, it is Laia Cervellot from The Athletic.
04:06I would like to ask you, I saw you were talking to Marc Casado at the end of the match.
04:12He was limping a little bit, so how is he?
04:15Is he okay?
04:16Marc Casado?
04:17Yeah.
04:18Yeah, he is okay.
04:19I think it was just a hit.
04:22I thought that maybe it was his angle, but I think it was just a hit.
04:28And how you saw his game today?
04:33You know, this is for me, when I say we have players, they give more than 100%, and Casa
04:46was one of them.
04:47And also Rafa, it is the same.
04:52So every player tries to give the best in this situation and I also said I am very proud
04:57about this team.
04:58And we have to accept this, how we lost today, we have to accept it.
05:07But we have seven matches more and I am sure if also the other players come back, we are
05:14strong maybe.
05:16Now we have to see how we will do it the next days.
05:22The team has to recover, bring the energy back, and then we have to see how we manage
05:29every three days, one match, and of course it is not easy for them, but everyone knows
05:37that before and I am looking positive about these things.
05:41Hi, Mr. Alfredo MartÃnez, Onda Zero.
05:44Do you think Barcelona have a problem with this competition, the first defeat in this
05:50tournament is in champions, or is it only a coincidence?
05:54I understand.
05:56A problem?
05:58No, no, no.
06:01No, no, no.
06:04You see the situation and after 12 minutes, I think it was 12 minutes?
06:1010 minutes.
06:1110 minutes, okay.
06:12After 10 minutes, the red car.
06:15It changed totally our idea, what we want, our match plan, and we have to accept this,
06:21we have to accept this.
06:22It happens, it happens, but I think we are strong enough and also to play a good Champions
06:31League.
06:32We have seven matches and I think we will win many matches and at the end we reach our
06:40goals.
06:41Juan.
06:43Hi, Hansi.
06:44I am Juan Irigoyen from El Pais.
06:46Anselm returns today, Anselm Fati returns today.
06:48What do you expect from him?
06:50Do you visualize him as a striker, as a left winger?
06:54No, I can't say that because in the press conference I said that.
06:59I don't say it to you, I know that because I spoke with him and he likes the position
07:05more as a left winger.
07:09It's also for me, I accept this because I can see that he has the quality to play there,
07:16but for me also he can play more in the middle, in the center.
07:22His quality with the ball is really good.
07:27I saw him in the last weeks and also when we started the pre-season, I saw him really
07:37different because I also was at Brighton and I saw him in the training and also in
07:44the match and here he is totally different.
07:48He is focused, he brings his quality on the pitch in the training, but I think he needs
07:57some time now, but he gets this.
08:00Yes, we take care about him because it's important that the players can play and they
08:07don't get injured again.
08:09I would like to know if the best thing or at least the best conclusion about the match
08:15is that during a lot of time you played with 11 players and you looked like you were playing
08:22with 11.
08:25No, it's like it is.
08:28As I said before, we have to accept this.
08:33I don't think about how it will end when we have one player more because it's not in my
08:43hands, so I cannot change this again.
08:46Now the match is in the past and we are looking forward for Sunday, for the match against Villarreal.
08:57Good night.
08:58Mr. Flick, do you understand that it was the worst game of the season tonight?
09:05The worst game.
09:07The worst is a little bit too much, I think.
09:12For us, when you have five wins and you lose one match, so we can say it was not the best
09:23one.
09:25For the performance you mean, I think it was okay in the beginning, but not the best how
09:35we want to play, how we started our combination play.
09:47You can see sometimes when we pass we bring the players in trouble and this is what we
09:54normally don't want.
09:57I think we have better solutions with the ball, but at the end I saw many positive things
10:08and this is what we have to do now.
10:11Think positive also for the next match because in La Liga it's important also to the spirit
10:21and the flow from La Liga that we continue.
10:26Okay, thank you.