{"id":153896,"date":"2025-08-17T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153896\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:50:12","slug":"didnt-like-it-hansi-flick-rips-barcelona-for-la-liga-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153896\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Didn\u2019t Like It\u2019\u2014Hansi Flick Rips Barcelona for La Liga Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_3s0akcdgu\">Barcelona might have secured a 3\u20130 victory in their first La Liga match of the season, but Hansi Flick was less than impressed with his side\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_b1ci8a9l4\">The Catalans <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/barcelona-player-ratings-vs-mallorca-8-16-25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kicked off their Spanish title defense<\/a> at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, taking on Mallorca in the first of three consecutive away matches to open their 2025\u201326 campaign. <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/team\/barcelona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona <\/a>picked up right where they left off last season, scoring two goals in the first 23 minutes of the clash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dqz8kdytq\">Mallorca then went down a man after Manu Morlanes received his second yellow card of the match in the 33rd minute. Just six minutes later, Vedat Muriqire was sent off for a high boot on Joan Garc\u00eda, leaving the hosts with nine men against the defending <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/la-liga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Liga<\/a> champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_up4rzuuni\">Yet Barcelona scored just one more goal before referee Jos\u00e9 Luis Munuera blew the final whistle. After the match, Flick did not hold back his criticism for his team\u2019s effort. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xstdihrja\">\u201cI didn\u2019t like the match,\u201d Flick said. \u201cIt\u2019s three important points, but I didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_gmx2btfxa\">\u201cAfter going 2\u20130 up and [Mallorca] getting two red cards, I think the team played at 50% and I didn\u2019t like it. We can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Barcelona\" title=\"Barcelona\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lamine Yamal bagged Barcelona\u2019s third goal against Mallorca. \/ Cristian Trujillo\/Quality Sport Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_sl0dtj9s8\">With a two-goal cushion against nine men, Barcelona cruised in the second half until Lamine Yamal found the back of the net in stoppage time to <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/three-things-learned-barcelona-emphatic-first-la-liga-win-8-16-25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emphatically seal the game<\/a> for the visitors. The goal was not enough to satisfy Flick, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_x41pu8p7q\">\u201cI will talk with them. I don\u2019t like them relaxing. We had to control the ball and the game. We have to score [more],\u201d the Barcelona boss added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_kry18ecj6\">\u201cPlaying at 50 or 60% against nine players is not possible. We have to play faster. We have to improve in certain areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_phgruhl1i\">The Catalans likely would have found more success up top had Robert Lewandowski been on the pitch. The striker, who bagged 42 goals across all competitions last season, missed the game with a <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/robert-lewandowski-injury-diagnosis-potential-return-date-barcelona-striker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hamstring injury<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7prd0t6vv\">Next up for Barcelona is a trip to Valencia to take on Levante. Flick will be looking for a noteworthy response from his men against the newly promoted side.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LATEST BARCELONA NEWS, TRANSFER RUMORS AND MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona might have secured a 3\u20130 victory in their first La Liga match of the season, but Hansi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-153896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115045847772895119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}