German Hans Flick, coach of Barcelona, admitted that his team suffers from a serious weakness despite winning the friendly El Clasico against its traditional and historic rival, Real Madrid.
And excelBarca“With a score of (2-1) in the friendly match played against Real Madrid at the “MetLife” stadium in the American state of New Jersey, with two goals scored by its new striker, Pau Victor, who came this summer from the Spanish club Girona.
This is the second victory achieved by the Catalan club in its preparatory tour in the United States of America, after its victory in the first friendly match against Manchester City on penalties (4-1) after the end of the regular time of the match with a draw (2-2).
Barcelona suffers from a serious loophole, Flick admits
Barcelona coach Flick admitted that his team has a problem when it retreats back and defends deeply, and he said in statements highlighted by the newspaper:Sports worldCatalan: “I knew it was a Clasico and it’s very nice to play against Real Madrid, we have a problem again when we defend too deep, but we press well and the aim is to do it all over the pitch.”
Regarding his team’s defensive performance in the Clasico compared to the first match against Manchester City, the German coach of the Catalan team stated: “Apart from the problem of defending in depth, the team has improved and it is very nice to see what we do when we have the ball.”
He added: “In some situations we retreated too much and did not put pressure on the opponent player who had the ball. This cannot happen and this is a problem. We have to focus on this matter and press for 90 minutes.”
Flick praised the level of his young striker Pau Victor and his goals in the American preparatory tour, saying: “We will see, he played two matches and scored three goals, this is not bad, he knows how to score and this is good for a striker, the door is always open for him to be in the first team,” noting that Pau Victor also scored a goal in the friendly match between “Barça” and Manchester City.
It is noteworthy that Barcelona, after its victory over real madrid In the Clasico, he will face the Italian club Milan, on August 7, in another friendly match before concluding his summer preparatory tour in the United States of America.
