“The first part was one of the best I’ve seen”
BARCELONA, 12 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
In addition to the 2-3 victory against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Phase, FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick celebrated how “united” his squad is and how they deployed their game idea at the Singal Iduna Park, to achieve 3 points that bring them very close to the first objective of the continental campaign; the round of 16.
“As we have done all season, it is important to think game by game. Now we are going to focus on Leganés, so we will do well. We want to win as much as possible and at the end of the season we will see what we have achieved, but it is important that the team give everything and have this good mentality, it is impressive to see how united the squad is, it is like a family. They are very connected and it is nice to see it every day,” he said at a press conference.
“This victory should give us confidence in ourselves. We have a very young squad, we have games every 3-4 days, and for many players the load has been extreme. But it is nice to see that everyone is professional and recovers well in training “They are one hundred percent. It is important that on Sunday, against Leganés, we play like we did today, with that much focus. And we have seen that the team is very united on the field and that way we can play better.” he added.
Still regarding this union, he assured that he and his coaching staff love to see it. “We coaches really like to see things like the mentality of this team, that some players care about others. The atmosphere is very good, everyone is happy after such an important victory. Everything is reason to celebrate,” he said.
For Flick, his team played “a good game.” “The first half was one of the best I’ve seen, even though we didn’t score. We worked well with the ball, we were good in possession and I liked it a lot. Dortmund has a very good team, good and fast attackers, and if you lose the ball it is complicated. If it happens 2-3 times they score on you, but we have remained stable after 1-1 and in the end we scored the goal that gave us the victory,” he commented.
“It’s very special to be able to win here,” said the German. “For both of us there was a lot at stake, because if you won you took a big step towards the round of 16. We want to finish in the top eight, today we saw that the team wanted to apply this desire to the game. And we have a very good bench, I always want the players enter one hundred percent and Ferran Torres and Fermín have done it,” he celebrated.
Asked about the big scorer Ferran Torres, he assured that with nights this successful it is important. “Ferran Torres, when he scores goals, is very useful. He is very fast, he knows how to change quickly from attack to defense. I liked him a lot, as did Fermín. The second goal was not so easy, he had to stop and score. We are “very happy with him, he has a good attitude and positive mentality, after the injury. He is very important for the team. He always wants to improve and today he did what we asked of him very well and he scored the two goals,” highlighted the Valencian.
And he was also delighted with the massive displacement of FC Barcelona fans to Dortmund. “It seems spectacular to me that so many fans have come here. They will be able to return home happy. On Monday I had dinner in Barcelona and I saw a neighbor who told me he would come here with his 3 children and asked me for a good game. I think they will return happy. Their last trip was to Liverpool and they were not happy, this time I think so,” he said.