Hansi Flick stated he was “actually proud” of an “unbelievable” efficiency from his Barcelona group, after they fought again from a purpose all the way down to thrash Real Madrid 5-2 within the Spanish Supercopa closing in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Barça have been up towards it when Kylian Mbappé put Madrid in entrance after simply 5 minutes on the Al Jawhara Stadium, Jeddah, however turned the sport round because of a brace from Raphinha and targets from Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Alejandro Balde.
“I’m actually proud,” Flick stated in his post-match information convention. “Proud for the group, the employees, the membership, the followers, everybody. Today was an unbelievable match. For the coaches, not a lot! But for the followers it is actually unbelievable.”
Flick’s group started the season strongly and have been main LaLiga earlier than a poor run of kind in November and December noticed them drop factors in six of their final seven league video games, with Flick’s techniques questioned.
“We must study from each match, and right now’s match,” Flick stated, when requested what the Supercopa win meant for the remainder of the marketing campaign. “We can do issues higher, however we have now a younger group. We had some weeks the place we did not carry out so good, and our state of affairs within the league now is just not good. We discuss all this stuff within the dressing room, however for me it is essential to concentrate on the following match.”
“We know what we have now to do on the pitch. “We imagine within the boss and the boss believes in us,” captain Raphinha stated in his post-match information convention, after being named the ultimate’s MVP. “The essential factor is we will battle for titles and win them.”
Despite enjoying with 10 males for the final half hour after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was proven a pink card, Barcelona’s lead by no means appeared beneath risk.
Szczesny began each video games within the Supercopa, after common keeper Iñaki Peña was dropped after arriving late for a group assembly.
“When Wojciech was despatched off, for us it wasn’t straightforward,” Flick stated. “Iñaki did unbelievable, from zero to hero. But I’m very happy with how we defended, each state of affairs, defending the purpose as one group.”
It’s Barcelona’s second Clásico victory of the season after they won 4-0 at Madrid in October.
“I do not need to look again,” Flick stated. “Today is an effective day, we beat the most effective groups on the earth, for the second time this season, it is unbelievable, we win a title right here and we’re very pleased. Today is a day to be optimistic.”
