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A little return to earth for the Blaugrana. After a great start to the season, punctuated by humiliations inflicted on Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, things now seem to be getting a little tougher for the Catalans. Here are two matches in a row without a victory in La Liga, with a little less brilliant content, and the first concerns which are beginning to appear among our Catalan neighbors, while the second period against Espanyol before these two poor results had already drawn the alarm bell.
Saturday evening, the Barcelonans were mainly condemned by individual errors, like the expulsion of Marc Casado, or that of Jules Koundé on the reduction of the Galician score. Concentration problems which exasperated Hansi Flick, who, according to the Catalan press, let out a huge shout in the locker room. Usually calm and rather reserved, the German let loose this time and clearly reprimanded his players. The walls shook in Balaidos…
The first reviews for Flick
If the absence of Lamine Yamal is often highlighted by the media which evoke a Lamine-dependence, Flick does not want excuses and is aware that his team is far from its best level currently, as he quite simply explained at a press conference. The media are starting to worry and, without yet talking about a crisis, are starting to express their first criticisms against the coach. “Flick must put things in order to avoid the arrival of greater evils”can we read for example in Sport.
“Flick shows his first flaws”noted A.S.while Marca explains that “Flick made mistakes before Casado and Koundé”. Facing Brest in the middle of the week – we do not yet know whether Lamine Yamal will be there or not – the Barcelonars will have a great opportunity to dispel these first doubts with a victory against one of the surprises of the competition…
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