Sport Local 2026-02-04T07:07:38+00:00

Flick on win over Albacete: 'We deserved to reach the semi-finals'

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick commented on the victory over Albacete (1-2) in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals. He praised his players for fighting until the end but expressed his annoyance at missed chances. Flick also noted that the players were tired after playing three matches in a few days.


Flick on win over Albacete: 'We deserved to reach the semi-finals'

Barcelona's coach Hansi Flick celebrated that the important thing was to win this single-elimination match to play in the competition's semi-finals. "I think we deserved the victory," said the German coach in the press room at Carlos Belmonte Stadium. Flick praised Albacete for their "great Copa del Rey", in which they had previously managed to eliminate Celta and Real Madrid in the two previous rounds. However, the German coach acknowledged that his players ended up "very tired", which he described as "normal" after playing "three matches in a few days." The Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, praised his players for "fighting until the end" in the victory against Albacete (1-2), which secured their place in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey Mapfre, although he expressed his annoyance with his players for missing clear chances to score. In the end, it was very even, but it could have been easier. "We created many chances and again we failed."