Primera División: “Not our best day”: Flick classifies Barça bankruptcy

Hansi Flick has taken the blame for FC Barcelona’s first league defeat after seven wins at the start of the season. “We have to accept the defeat, today wasn’t our best day,” said the former national coach after the 2:4 at CA Osasuna. That also had to do with his line-up, “but we had to do it that way,” said Flick. “Many players played a lot of minutes, that is my responsibility, I decided to do it that way. It’s about me, not the players.”

Flick had initially put the regulars Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, among others, on the bench. The Catalans will play again in the Champions League against Young Boys Bern this Tuesday. With a win in Pamplona, ​​Barça would have equaled the club’s record from the 2013/14 season, when they achieved eight wins in a row under Argentine coach Gerardo Martino.

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“In the end it’s 2-4, we have to accept it, but we’ll carry on,” said Flick. “I think positively about the team, everyone is on the right track, we will show that in the next two games.”

The man of the first half for Osasuna was Bryan Zaragoza, who was on loan from FC Bayern Munich. The 23-year-old prepared Ante Budimir’s opening goal in the 18th minute and made it 2-0 ten minutes later. In the second half the guests got a little stronger. Pau Victor scored the connecting goal (53′). But Budimir with a penalty kick (72nd) and Joker Abel Bretones (85th) ensured the outsider’s victory. Substitute Yamal’s late goal (89th) was just a cosmetic result.