PSG And Barcelona Are Not On The Same Level – Flick

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has admitted that his side were not at Paris Saint-Germain’s level as they suffered a 2-1 defeat in the UCL. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the way the PSG players used the spaces at the Olympic Stadium was simply top-notch, and while Barcelona players also possess the quality to play like that, it did not happen last night.

Flick added that his boys simply have to defend better to earn maximum points against quality teams.

His words, “You can see it today, there’s no point saying we’re on the same level.

But I believe in my team. Today wasn’t our best day, but we are working again to reach this level. Today we lost, but we want to come back.

We could see the level of PSG and I’m 100% sure we can also play like this. It’s about 90 minutes. The whole team has to defend, attack, use the spaces and be involved in the ball possession.

You can see in PSG everyone wants the ball, knows how to use the space, play 1v1, 2v1… This is also what we have to learn, we have to get better.”

On PSG, “The philosophy they have is fantastic, with young players coming in, high quality, speed with the ball.

They had fresh legs, you could see they increased the level of the team. For me, we have a lot of matches the last weeks and of course we have to learn about this.

We started very well, but after 30, 35 minutes, it was like PSG controlled more the game. We suffered a little in the first half but also in the second half we don’t have this control of the game.

We didn’t have the structure we have when we are on our highest level. This is necessary when in the Champions League, especially against an opponent of this quality in PSG.

In the second half, you could see that some players are really tired. We took care about Pedri, Marcus [Rashford]. Of course Frenkie [de Jong] also, but he really gave his best.

I think at 1-1, normally in this moment you have to defend better, have a better structure in the defence.”