Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick took full blame for his aspect’s shock 4-2 defeat at Osasuna on Saturday night time.
Barca’s good begin to the brand new La Liga season got here to an finish with defeat in Pamplona, with Flick’s resolution to make 5 modifications to his beginning lineup known as into query.
Lamine Yamal and Raphinha have been among the many gamers dropped to the bench within the hope of holding the squad recent, however this resolution backfired and Barcelona have been dealt a hefty blow.
At his post-match press convention, Flick defined his resolution to rotate the workforce and took accountability for the end result.
“We had a whole lot of modifications within the workforce and that is possibly one cause for [the performance], however it was essential,” the previous Bayern Munich boss stated.
“We had so many matches and a whole lot of gamers had performed so many minutes. I needed to take care, that is my accountability. If you wish to blame somebody for this defeat, blame me.
“I had no different selection. In case you see in the meanwhile our workforce, now we have three midfield gamers, plus we had one defender who’s Eric [Garcia, in midfield].
“Then now we have [Marc] Casado, now we have Pedri and now we have Pablo [Torre]. So, 4 gamers. And you need to take into consideration what gamers are beginning. This isn’t straightforward however we settle for it.
“After the break in October, there are lots of gamers again. The state of affairs is now we have many injured gamers, however no excuses. We now have to simply accept the defeat, it was not our greatest day.
“I’m at all times trying ahead and I’m optimistic. We now have to make our first win within the Champions League on Tuesday, as a result of three factors is essential.
“It will not be straightforward as a result of Younger Boys have a very good workforce, a really quick workforce. We now have to maintain that additionally, so we’ll see how we do it.”
