By Jorge Hernandez
Sep 25, 2024, 10:52 PM EDT
With a solitary goal, Robert Lewandowski gave the victory to FC Barcelona This Wednesday in the game against the Getafe and unleashed the euphoria of its coach, Hansi Flickwho at the end of the match declared that his 9 is the best of the last 10 years.
“For me he is the best ‘9’ in the last decade. “His job is to play in front of goal and score, and he is achieving that. He has players around him who can assist him and in front of goal he is fantastic,” said the German coach at a press conference at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium.
Flick, who was facing Getafe for the first time since his arrival at Barcelona, said that the club had already explained to him that “normally” the matches against the Madrid team are “very even”, and he was “proud” of the fighting spirit of his players.
And it is no wonder, since on the court the match was very close, even after the goal by the Polish striker, which came after an error by goalkeeper Soria, who failed to stop a cross from Kounde on the right and left the ball dead inside the six-yard box at the feet of Lewandowski, who made it 1-0.
Even with the score againstGetafe continued to defend effectively and nullified the Blaugrana offensivealthough The counterattack they expected never came and, with just one shot at the three posts that was unsuccessful, They had to settle for defeat by a narrow margin.
“In the first half we combined and made good passes, but they were able to close down the gaps. However, we fought throughout the match with a fantastic mentality. And I am happy with the fans, because they responded when we needed them,” said Flick.
The possible signing of Wojciech Szczesny
When Flick was asked the question of the moment, involving the Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who is rumoured to be Taer Stegen’s replacement between the postsafter the injury that will keep him out for the entire seasonThe coach did not want to talk about it, he only said that they have Iñaki Peña, the substitute, although he acknowledged that they will need someone with more experience, anticipating any possible setback.
“Iñaki is only 25 years old, the other goalkeepers are very young and we need experience in case something happens to him.”We’ll see what happens,” he concluded.
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