A furious Antoine Griezmann criticised Barcelona's defence as they were beaten 3-2 by Athletic Bilbao after extra time in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday.
Griezmann twice gave the Catalans the lead, however Bilbao enjoyed the game's best chances, causing havoc at set-pieces as they had a goal disallowed for offside and missed two gilt-edged headers to increase their advantage in the extra period.
'I'm angry, annoyed, peeved. Every single bad feeling you can have after losing a final,' Griezmann told Movistar.
Barca have struggled to defend dead ball situations in big games in recent years, conceding from corners in their famous Champions League eliminations to AS Roma and Liverpool.
They are currently missing defensive lynchpin Gerard Pique, who is likely to be out until March with a knee problem, and are sorely missing his presence at the back.
'We knew that Marcelino's side's press well and they played well, but we made so many strategic mistakes.
'We defended poorly and weren't communicating on set-pieces: important little details like when the ball is cleared or when we need to push out, someone needs to be shouting.'
Goals from Oscar De Marcos, substitute Asier Villalibre and Inaki Williams secured the trophy for Bilbao.
rippling_joy
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We were just minutes away from lifting the trophy and then Alba came to Bilbao's rescue.
Kingziz
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Griezman to Barca defence am i the one to defend for you [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
el nino
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Makes sense... He came from Atletico who has the best defense... Barca is below average compared to that.
Buhilor
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greezman you tried your best yesterday in fact you are the man of match,you are doing your best..the coach is the scapegoat
hussanaat
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why they put lenglet over umtiti
RoyAbhinandan
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Have to feel for Greizman , De Jong and MATS....They gave everything . We need to sell Alba, Busquets,Pique, Roberto, Messi first of all. Koeman is doing good but also don't have good tactics. We bottled again....I was right not to be confident. ๐๐
RoyAbhinandan
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Makes sense... He came from Atletico who has the best defense... Barca is below average compared to that.
not even comparison....our defence can't be compared with Atletico... it's total disrespect to Atletico defenders ๐๐ค
shaan11
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Have to feel for Greizman , De Jong and MATS....They gave everything . We need to sell Alba, Busquets,Pique, Roberto, Messi first of all. Koeman is doing good but also don't have good tactics. We bottled again....I was right not to be confident. ๐๐
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firstly bro..we need to get rid of fans like youโ๏ธ