German coach Hansi Flick, Barcelona’s head coach, expressed his displeasure in a sharp tone regarding the behavior of Polish striker Robert Lewandowski when he was substituted during the match against Rayo Vallecano.<\/p>\n
The match took place on Monday, February 17, at the Montju\u00efc Stadium as part of La Liga’s 24th round. Barcelona won the game 1-0, with Lewandowski scoring the only goal of the match in the 28th minute from a penalty awarded to Inigo Martinez.
\nIn the 81st minute, coach Flick substituted Lewandowski, bringing on Ferran Torres in his place. The Polish striker showed his anger and dissatisfaction with the decision as he left the field.<\/p>\n
During the press conference after the match, Flick was asked, \u201cLewandowski wasn\u2019t happy after the substitution?\u201d
\nHe replied: \u201cI think for him, it\u2019s always about his desire to score goals and win, but in the end, this is my decision. I\u2019m the one who decides what\u2019s best for the team, not for individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cSo, it\u2019s not up to him. I always support him and always give him the chance to start matches, and I\u2019m happy with his performance today because he scored a very important goal. But in the end, I make the decisions regarding substitutions, and the players must accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lewandowski remains at the top of the La Liga scorers\u2019 chart with 20 goals, 3 goals ahead of his closest competitor, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 of Real Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
German coach Hansi Flick, Barcelona’s head coach, expressed his displeasure in a sharp tone regarding the behavior of Polish striker Robert Lewandowski when he was substituted during the match against Rayo Vallecano. The match took place on Monday, February 17, at the Montju\u00efc Stadium as part of La Liga’s 24th round. Barcelona won the game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-h-barcelona-english"],"yoast_head":"\n