“We couldn't find a solution,” Barcelona Flick mentions his first league loss this season against Seville – Spanish League: Daily Sports

After Barcelona manager Flick (60) suffered his first league loss this season, he admitted his poor performance in the first half, saying, “We didn't find a solution.”

Barcelona faced Seville in the 8th round of the Spanish league, which was held away on the 5th. In the first half, the opponent took the lead and allowed a two-point lead, but Rashford scored a point in additional time, making the first half a run down by one point.

They regained the momentum in the second half, and the game was a chance to tie the game in the 31st minute, but Lewandowski failed a penalty shoot. They then scored two points, suffering a 1-4 defeat, bringing their second consecutive loss in official matches. This led them to take the lead to Real Madrid and drop to second place. Spanish newspaper Marca reported that after suffering a painful defeat, coach Flick attended a press conference.

First, regarding the match against Seville, he analyzed, “The first half wasn't a good thing. The opponent was aggressive, they were fighting one-on-one, and we didn't find a solution. I think they managed well in the second half, and I highly value that and how we played. However, I don't want to talk about the goals that are conceded, and I don't want to make excuses. We need to learn from this and figure out the direction we should go. I told the players that we need to make sure this doesn't happen again, and we have to fight to win all the titles, including the Copa del Rey, the Spanish League, and the European Champions League (CL). We are a good team, so the results will come.”

Regarding his concerns, he said, “I don't think it's a system or structure issue. We made a serious mistake in the first half. We can talk about a lot, but we didn't perform well in the first half, and I think we've improved in the second half. But that's already been the case. We have to learn from this match and the match against Paris Saint-Germain, and we're going to do so. I hope that some of the injured players will return after the international break. We're fighting for the club and supporters, and everyone is dissatisfied today.”

When asked whether he was the toughest loss since Barcelona's manager, Flick also said, “The toughest was the semi-finals in Milan (last season's second round of the European Champions League semi-finals against Inter Milan. We lost 3-4 and were unable to advance to the finals). We need to accept the loss today. And I intend to maintain a positive attitude. We need to change the points that didn't work out in the first half. We made a lot of mistakes and couldn't control the ball. We couldn't play at the level we should have shown.” (Commerce worker Takahashi Tomoyuki)