Barcelona Didn’t Do Enough Against Sevilla – Szczesny

Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has warned his teammates about facing more defeats if they don’t keep their egos in check. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Barcelona players must remain humble and work just as hard as last season to give the club a chance to win the biggest trophies.

He added that while PSG were simply better than Barcelona in the UCL, the La Liga champions didn’t do enough against Sevilla.

His words, “They were two completely different matches.

PSG were better than us, more precise, fresher, and tactically very good. We don’t like it, it hurts, but we have to accept the result against PSG. On the other hand, in Seville we didn’t give 100%; the first half was terrible, a terrible match.

It’s a little worrying, but it’s important to understand that this season won’t be all easy, that we have to be focused, and that if we don’t give 100%, we can get hit. We have to do much better.

I don’t think there’s anything to worry about, just that if we want to have a season like last year’s or better, if we don’t give 100% in every game and stay focused, what happened to us in Seville could happen to us again, but we have a very intelligent group and everyone has understood: we have to work, recover, and relax.

Flick wasn’t happy, obviously, because if you’re Barca’s coach and you lose two games in three days, it’s not the best scenario. You have to understand that when you lose games, it’s time to get back to work, give your best, and compete for titles like we did last year.

I think that after a match, emotions are running high. I think it’s important for the players to understand that just because we won three titles last season and played beautiful football doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy this year.

It’s going to be much harder, so we can’t rest or relax because everyone is talking about how great Barcelona was last year. It’s going to be much harder. You have to prove it again and again and again. That’s what great champions do. We have an example in Robert [Lewandowski], who won 14 titles in his 16-year career. So, it’s not enough to have a great season and then relax. Your ego isn’t important. You have to stay humble, work hard, and that’s the only way to improve and get results.”

WOW.

Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto “Més que un club” (“More than a club”). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $5.51 billion, and the world’s fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €582.1 million.

The official Barcelona anthem is the “Cant del Barça”, written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and garnet stripes, hence nicknamed Blaugrana.

In March 2021, Lionel Messi overtook Xavi’s record of 767 games played for the club, and presently has made 778 official appearances in all competitions, while also holding the record for the most appearances in La Liga matches for Barcelona, with 520.