Hansi Flick said his performance against Barcelona was “amazing” after they fought back from a goal down to beat Real Madrid 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. “Incredible” and “very proud” of the performance.
Barcelona was facing this situation at the time Kylian Mbappe Real Madrid took the lead after just five minutes at Jeddah’s Jawara Stadium but turned the tables with a brace. Rafinha and target from Ramin Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Alejandro Balde.
“I’m really proud,” Flick said at the post-match press conference. “Proud of the team, the staff, the club, the fans and everyone. It was an unbelievable game today. For the coach, not so much! But for the fans, it was really great.”
Flick’s side made a strong start to the season and topped La Liga, but struggled in November and December, resulting in them losing points in six of their last seven league games, with Flick’s tactics suffering. question.
“We have to learn from every game and from today’s game,” Flick said when asked what a Super Cup win would mean for the rest of the season. “We can do better but we have a young team. The team. We had a few bad weeks and now we are in a bad situation in the league and we talk about all these things in the dressing room, but for me it is important to focus on the next game.”
“We know what we have to do on the court.” Captain Rafinha said at the post-match press conference after being named the final MVP. “We believe in the coach, and the coach believes in us.” We can fight for the championship. And win them. “
Despite playing with 10 players in the final half hour behind the goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny Despite being sent off, Barcelona’s lead was never threatened.
Szczesny started in Super Cup, behind regular goalkeeper Inaki Pena Fired after arriving late for a team meeting.
“It was not easy for us when Wojciech was sent off,” Flick said. “Inaki did a great job, going from zero to hero. But I’m very proud of the way we defended in every situation and we defended the goal as a team.”
This is Barcelona’s second classic They secured their first win of the season with a 4-0 victory in Madrid in October.
“I don’t want to look back,” Flick said. “Today is a great day, we beat one of the best teams in the world for the second time this season which is unbelievable and we won the title here and we are very happy. Today is a day of positivity and optimism.”
