FC Barcelona’s dejected reaction after surprise defeat in Monaco

A nightmare evening. It’s hard to describe in any other way the ordeal experienced by FC Barcelona on the Louis-II pitch against AS Monaco this evening during the first day of the Champions League. Penalized by this exclusion of Eric Garcia in the 10th minute, the Blaugranas played with a numerical inferiority for almost the entire match. Despite the equalizer of Lamine Yamal who responded to a very nice goal from Akliouche, Barça ended up cracking on a bad alignment that Ilenikhena took advantage of.

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Obviously, the Culés looked like they were having a bad day once the match was over, they who did not expect to start this C1 with a defeat after having convinced in La Liga since the start of the season.The match changed with the expulsionconcedes Hansi Flick on Movistar after the final whistle. We tried to come back, we defended with passion, we made some mistakes, but we tried to score goals. We had chances, but it wasn’t enough. We suffered.»

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The German coach does not want to be alarmist either and even believes, as a good sport, that the Asemistes deserve this success.We lost, yes, I told the players, but we have to come back stronger, recover, give the best of each one, fight for the team. We lost, but we will continue to fight. They were good, but that’s normal, they are fast. We tried to defend, but they deserved the victory“, he assumes. This is also Flick’s first defeat in an official match since his arrival.

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Another reaction, that of Marc-André ter Stegen, who returned to this famous red card of which he is also a protagonist. It is from his feet that the pass goes to the defender, who was playing as a midfielder this evening.We didn’t understand each other well with Eric, I feel bad for him. This shouldn’t happen, whether it’s me or him, but that’s football. It’s a defeat that hurts. It’s complicated to play 80 minutes with 10 men.» It even cost Barça a first defeat, to the great delight of Monaco.