A good coach should be the first to know if his team has stopped working as a compact block, either due to physical breakdown after a good start to the season, rest, lack of confidence in different concepts of the game or because the rivals already know the weak points of a system and a tactical plan and it is time to reinvent ourselves. Only the airtight Hansi Flick He is aware of the analysis he has made of this ‘crisis’ for Barça, still leading the Liga, but less solid after adding just one point in its last two games, both away against competitive teams like Real Sociedad (1-0) and Celta (2-2). What is clear is that the German coach has become serious and will increase his demands with the changes he deems appropriate: the recovery of the intensity is his first objective as a key to the high pressure and to the recovery after the loss without forgetting to strengthen the automatisms to leave. playing ball.
He made it clear in a powerful press conference in Balaídos, where he did not look for reasons to soften his view on the 2-2 final in the post of Raphinha with 0-2 or to the misfortune of the red Marriage or in grave definite error of Koundé in 1-2. On the contrary, he did not deceive anyone: luckily, his team needed the luck to lead 0-2 in the 84th minute without deserving it and reach the 82nd minute with eleven players when Gerard Martin He could have left the team with ten in the first half.
“Our game was really bad, not just the last 10 minutes. There was less concentration. We don’t trust the ball. We make a lot of mistakes. When you play at 80 or 85 percent, you can’t win,” said the German coach, still hot because that tough speech was even soft compared to his words to the players shortly before in the locker room after the final whistle. It was his first big match, which raised the tone because being condescending hadn’t helped him much in the previous two days of the League.
The crisis in this game started in the second half of the derby match spanishwhen the Barça They relaxed after 3-0 in the first half-hour in a match that ended 3-1 but with the local rival treading more than necessary. “For today, okay, I can understand the loss of concentration a little bit. We dropped the level in the second half, it’s normal, we had a good season. But we need more strength,” he then pointed out as a gentle warning that, apparently, was not understood by his players.
After 2-5 in Belgrade against Red Starthe KO came to Anoeta in an extension of the second half of the derby. flip He still pretended: “It’s not our day. We have to accept the result. They played with determination. What we saw was clear and there were no excuses. “We didn’t create enough chances.”
But the third time, flip He took out the whip because this time he knew he had to intervene. He is a good coach. You have identified the problem.
Source: La Verdad
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