The coach of FC Barcelona, Hansi Flick, pointed to a “wrong decision” when the referee annulled a goal scored by his forward Robert Lewandowski in his team’s good minutes this Sunday against Real Sociedad, from which they began to have no his day in the defeat (1-0) at the Reale Arena.
“It would be an easy answer to say that we lost because Lamine Yamal was not there. Of course you miss players of this quality, but we started well,” he said at a press conference, asked about the influence of the young Spanish international’s absence.
The German coach linked his response to the complaint about Lewandowski’s disallowed goal in the 13th minute, which would have made it 0-1. “The disallowed goal was a wrong decision, but we have to accept it. After Real’s goal, we suffered a little. Until then we were fine,” he said.
Flick discussed this action with the referee and insisted that it was not offside, although the automatic system indicated it, with an image that did not leave the Catalans happy. “I wasn’t that angry. It wasn’t offside, it’s not the referee’s fault. It would have been a different game, but it wasn’t our day. In attack we didn’t have good chances and we made mistakes. We have to accept it,” he commented.
“The responsibility for this defeat is ours. We could have played better, after the first 15 minutes, the possession was not so good. It is a defeat but the previous games were fantastic and I was happy and today we are done and I have told the team that “We finished together. Nobody made a bad gesture and we tried to score the goal until the last second,” he added.
On the other hand, the German coach trusted that Lamine Yamal will rest in the imminent national team break, without the need for the Spanish team’s doctors to evaluate him. “The doctors will talk to those from the Federation. He couldn’t play and we have to accept it, I think the Federation will make the right decision. I have also been in this situation and as a coach it is good to be surrounded by experts who are the ones who have to decide. “, he concluded.