Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick took full blame for his facet’s shock 4-2 defeat at Osasuna on Saturday evening.
Barca’s excellent 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 referred to as into query.
Lamine Yamal and Raphinha had been among the many gamers dropped to the bench within the hope of holding the squad recent, however this resolution backfired and Barcelona had been dealt a hefty blow.
At his post-match press convention, Flick defined his resolution to rotate the staff and took duty for the outcome.
“We had quite a lot of modifications within the staff and that is possibly one cause for [the performance], but it surely was crucial,” the previous Bayern Munich boss stated.
“We had so many matches and quite a lot of gamers had performed so many minutes. I needed to take care, that is my duty. If you wish to blame somebody for this defeat, blame me.
“I had no different selection. In the event you see in the meanwhile our staff, 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 must take into consideration what gamers are beginning. This isn’t straightforward however we settle for it.
“After the break in October, there are various gamers again. The state of affairs is now we have many injured gamers, however no excuses. We have now to just accept the defeat, it was not our greatest day.
“I’m at all times wanting ahead and I’m optimistic. We have now 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 superb staff, a really quick staff. We have now to care for that additionally, so we’ll see how we do it.”
READ THE LATEST BARCELONA NEWS, TRANSFER RUMOURS & GOSSIP
