The hosts went behind in the 31st minute but hit back through goals from Jules Kounde and Robert Lewandowski to take the win.<\/p>\n
Barcelona\u2019s winner was set up by returning superstar Lamine Yamal and Flick admitted he was delighted to have the teenager available again after injury.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt\u2019s great to have him back. Everyone has been able to see how good Lamine is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole team has done a great job. We\u2019ve had 68 hours of rest since the last game, and it\u2019s incredible that all the players are giving their all.\u201d<\/p>\n
There werealso plenty of kind words for Pedri after another masterclass from the Barcelona midfielder.<\/p>\n
\u201dPedri is special. He\u2019s a great player. He\u2019s getting better at being a leader,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a crazy player, very important. When he\u2019s on the pitch, he\u2019s everywhere. He gives us control of the ball and knows what position he needs to be in.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s very good. Together with Frenkie, they\u2019ve organized the team very well. They\u2019re exceptional players and very well connected. They know how they want to play, they know each other… it\u2019s fantastic to see this connection.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this partnership, it\u2019s harder to pressure us, and this gives us more possession, creates more space, and that\u2019s the most important thing. I\u2019m very proud of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hosts went behind in the 31st minute but hit back through goals from Jules Kounde and Robert…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":263324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1396,2618,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-263323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona-la-liga","9":"tag-barcelona-team-news","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115286598311181620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263323","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=263323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}