Barça put one foot and a half in the semifinals after beating Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in Montjuic in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. After the game, Hansi Flick again showed humility by saying that the big result did not guarantee anything.
“Not yet. You never know what’s going to happen, soccer is a crazy sport. We have to play like today. Do what we know how to do.” This is how the manager assessed the result and he pointed out that he was happy with the result and the way the game was played. ”Both are important, we played well and when you play like that you score goals.”
Barcelona won the game thanks to goals from Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, twice, and Raphinha, all of whom he praised, but the Heidelberg coach highlighted the team’s collective play. “They are very important and also when you see the defense how the substitutes influence. This is important with so many games.”
An expected question was undoubtedly the one about the state of Lamine Yamal, who in the final moments of the match asked to be substituted for Ansu Fati, but he reassured everyone by saying that “Lamine is fine. He had played too many minutes so it was good that Ansu could play. It’s important for him to get minutes. He’s training very well and he deserved to play”.