Barcelona continued their sparkling form this season with a comprehensive 5-2 victory over Crvena Zvedza in the Champions League on Wednesday. The result takes the Catalans into sixth place in the league phase standings after fourth matchdays
Hansi Flick was pleased with his side’s performance, especially after the poor second half display against Espanyol on Sunday (via MD).
“I’m very happy and I really value what we’re doing. We played very well with the ball and also defending and pressing well. We pushed for 90 minutes. It’s not easy to be focused the whole game against a team like Crvena Zvezda.”
Robert Lewandowski scored twice on Wednesday, taking his Champions League goals tally to 99. Flick admitted that he did not know about the possibility of reaching 100, which is why the Barcelona striker was withdrawn after 78 minutes.
“If I had known, maybe I wouldn’t have changed it. His first goal was very important because after it went 1-1 I was afraid that the team could fall back.
“Is it better for him to hit 100 goals at home? Honestly, I don’t think about these things. We need the players in the best conditions. We play on Sunday again.”
Shmonny
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🗣️ "I'll show lamine Yamal who's the boss"🤡
Aaronpauljr
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Lewandowski isn’t really being honest with himself when it comes to finishing, he’s not being clinical enough. Overall, there have been quite a number of chances he has missed to score where you can ask yourself a question when you’re watching that ‘ Oh Lord, are we really playing to with that spirit of wanting to win’? I mean so many good chances were not used right last night including in the El Classico we saw those two chances he missed. I’m happy for him that he’s in good form, but he can still do better.