Hansi Flick left the Sánchez Pizjuán press room with a smile on his face and announced to journalists that he was going to England, specifically London, to attend the England-Spain Nations League match live. “You can’t always win by five goals,” said the Barcelona coach. “The best thing we did was overcome what we did in the first half,” he added. “Christensen will be out for several weeks,” confirmed the German, very happy with the performance of players like Raphinha, the great architect of Barcelona’s victory, and other players like Lamine. “Raphinha is a differential player, I am very happy with him and with the club’s decision to renew him. He gives us a lot, stretches the team, but I also want to highlight Lamine, who is also a differential player,” clarified the Barcelona coach.
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Regarding Szczesny’s benching after his mistake in the match against Racing following Joan García’s injury substitution, the German coach also spoke. “The coaching staff and I decided that Livakovic would play. I think it was a good opportunity for him,” said Flick, happy with the performance of a team that knew how to overcome a first half where Sevilla was superior in some phases.
“Sevilla presses a lot here in their stadium and Raphinha with his three goals was decisive. The coach asks us to be very intense, to press after losing the ball,” said Fermín. “I had never played as a center forward and I am putting up very good numbers. Raphinha’s performance is tremendous. He is very good and adapts to any position. We give him the passes and he scores the goals,” said the Andalusian player, who received visits from many of his relatives as he is from Huelva. “I am very happy to return to the national team after not being able to be at the World Cup,” Fermín concluded.
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“We lacked energy in the second half, although the attitude is always ahead. There are many consecutive matches and the second half was much less intense. In the first half we found the pass, although not in the second half,” said Suazo, Sevilla’s captain. “We want to win over this crowd. We give everything beyond the result,” asserted Sevilla’s left back.
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“We had an extraordinary first half and then we couldn’t maintain the line in the second. I already said it in the preview, Barcelona is light years ahead of the rest of the league rivals,” said Luis García Plaza, Sevilla’s coach.
