Barcelona secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Real Valladolid in La Liga, coming from behind to claim the win.
Barcelona will face Real Madrid in the next round of La Liga at the Estadio Lluís Companys on May 11, while Valladolid will play Mallorca at the latter’s stadium on May 10.
Barcelona is striving to avoid making mistakes in the coming rounds if it wants to win the La Liga title, regardless of the results of its arch-rivals and closest title contenders.
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According to information from the Spanish newspaper El Nacional, Hansi Flick was extremely angry with the technical level of the team’s substitute players in this match. He was disappointed with their performance and was forced to bring in the starting players to save the league.
The newspaper indicated that Flick was unhappy with the performance of Ansu Fati, Pau Víctor, and Gerard Martín, and believes that this trio does not have the required level to play for Barcelona. He has decided to exclude them from the squad until the end of the season. The newspaper also reported that Flick criticized Barcelona right-back Héctor Fort for his poor performances both defensively and offensively, and decided to freeze him out until the end of the season. He could be the first Barcelona player to leave next summer.
One of Barcelona’s key players, Dani Olmo, did not escape Flick’s wrath. His performances have noticeably declined. Even after coming on as a substitute tonight, he failed to add the required value — unlike Raphinha, Yamal, and De Jong. A frustrated Flick told Olmo, “At this level, you won’t start against Inter in the second leg.”
Despite his anger, Hansi Flick went out of his way to congratulate the match’s best player, Ronald Araújo, who bore the brunt of the match despite the disastrous performance of most of the defensive players and saved the team from several dangerous attacks.
