Barcelona's Flick on shock UCL defeat to Monaco

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Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick on their shock UEFA Champions League defeat to Monaco Stade Louis II, Monaco

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00:00We will start the press conference with Hansi Flick, FC Barcelona coach, but there is no

00:14translation prepared, so we will do the questions without translation.

00:19I'm sorry.

00:21Bonanit, Hansi, I would like to know how you have reorganized the team after the red card

00:35and if you think after the match, now that the match is over, if the changes have been

00:43too late.

00:44Too late?

00:45No.

00:46No, it's like, I think we defend with really a lot of passion.

00:56It's like what I see, we defend, the goal I mean, brought us back with a 1-1, was good

01:03for us and I think also we had a lot of chances, so, but at the end we, yeah, we tried to stay

01:16in the defense very compact, very close together, but you also can see that they bring a lot

01:27of players in with a huge speed and it was not easy to defend and after 10 minutes or

01:3312 minutes with the red card, the game changed totally, but what I can see is really the

01:40positive thing.

01:41We tried first, we tried to defend as a team and also attack as a team and we have chances,

01:52but today they deserve the 2-1, so we have to accept that.

01:57Marta.

01:58Hello, coach.

01:59Marta Ramon.

02:00What are your feelings after the defeat and if you are worried in any sense after what

02:20you have seen in the pitch tonight?

02:23No, I think we have to analyze this.

02:25Of course, it is our job as a coach, but also I say to the team now, heads up, because

02:33they were really a little bit disappointed in the dressing room, so now we have to focus

02:39on Sunday.

02:40Sunday we have the next tough match and now it is the time to recover, recover, recover

02:45and then hopefully we have the players back with a lot of energy, but at the end we also

02:54see the positive things.

02:56Of course, we will analyze the match and speak with the players about the things we don't

03:03make really good.

03:04This is our job.

03:07So today we have not these combinations like we normally did, but after the red card, it

03:15changed totally.

03:16Flaky.

03:17Hi, Mr. Flaky.

03:18In the last minutes of the game you replaced Lamine Lewandowski, Perri and Koubarski.

03:29Have there been changes thinking about today or thinking more about what is to come?

03:35It is more about, so you also saw that Lamine today, he tried a lot and it was also a tough

03:43match for him because they are attacking him really, really hard.

03:48This is the way, he also has to adapt this.

03:55So for Pau and him, it was more like also to think about Sunday.

04:00Laia.

04:01Hi Hansi, it is Laia Cervellot from The Athletic.

04:06I would like to ask you, I saw you were talking to Marc Casado at the end of the match.

04:12He was limping a little bit, so how is he?

04:15Is he okay?

04:16Marc Casado?

04:17Yeah.

04:18Yeah, he is okay.

04:19I think it was just a hit.

04:22I thought that maybe it was his angle, but I think it was just a hit.

04:28And how you saw his game today?

04:33You know, this is for me, when I say we have players, they give more than 100%, and Casa

04:46was one of them.

04:47And also Rafa, it is the same.

04:52So every player tries to give the best in this situation and I also said I am very proud

04:57about this team.

04:58And we have to accept this, how we lost today, we have to accept it.

05:07But we have seven matches more and I am sure if also the other players come back, we are

05:14strong maybe.

05:16Now we have to see how we will do it the next days.

05:22The team has to recover, bring the energy back, and then we have to see how we manage

05:29every three days, one match, and of course it is not easy for them, but everyone knows

05:37that before and I am looking positive about these things.

05:41Hi, Mr. Alfredo Martínez, Onda Zero.

05:44Do you think Barcelona have a problem with this competition, the first defeat in this

05:50tournament is in champions, or is it only a coincidence?

05:54I understand.

05:56A problem?

05:58No, no, no.

06:01No, no, no.

06:04You see the situation and after 12 minutes, I think it was 12 minutes?

06:1010 minutes.

06:1110 minutes, okay.

06:12After 10 minutes, the red car.

06:15It changed totally our idea, what we want, our match plan, and we have to accept this,

06:21we have to accept this.

06:22It happens, it happens, but I think we are strong enough and also to play a good Champions

06:31League.

06:32We have seven matches and I think we will win many matches and at the end we reach our

06:40goals.

06:41Juan.

06:43Hi, Hansi.

06:44I am Juan Irigoyen from El Pais.

06:46Anselm returns today, Anselm Fati returns today.

06:48What do you expect from him?

06:50Do you visualize him as a striker, as a left winger?

06:54No, I can't say that because in the press conference I said that.

06:59I don't say it to you, I know that because I spoke with him and he likes the position

07:05more as a left winger.

07:09It's also for me, I accept this because I can see that he has the quality to play there,

07:16but for me also he can play more in the middle, in the center.

07:22His quality with the ball is really good.

07:27I saw him in the last weeks and also when we started the pre-season, I saw him really

07:37different because I also was at Brighton and I saw him in the training and also in

07:44the match and here he is totally different.

07:48He is focused, he brings his quality on the pitch in the training, but I think he needs

07:57some time now, but he gets this.

08:00Yes, we take care about him because it's important that the players can play and they

08:07don't get injured again.

08:09I would like to know if the best thing or at least the best conclusion about the match

08:15is that during a lot of time you played with 11 players and you looked like you were playing

08:22with 11.

08:25No, it's like it is.

08:28As I said before, we have to accept this.

08:33I don't think about how it will end when we have one player more because it's not in my

08:43hands, so I cannot change this again.

08:46Now the match is in the past and we are looking forward for Sunday, for the match against Villarreal.

08:57Good night.

08:58Mr. Flick, do you understand that it was the worst game of the season tonight?

09:05The worst game.

09:07The worst is a little bit too much, I think.

09:12For us, when you have five wins and you lose one match, so we can say it was not the best

09:23one.

09:25For the performance you mean, I think it was okay in the beginning, but not the best how

09:35we want to play, how we started our combination play.

09:47You can see sometimes when we pass we bring the players in trouble and this is what we

09:54normally don't want.

09:57I think we have better solutions with the ball, but at the end I saw many positive things

10:08and this is what we have to do now.

10:11Think positive also for the next match because in La Liga it's important also to the spirit

10:21and the flow from La Liga that we continue.

10:26Okay, thank you.

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