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Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has admitted that his aspect are in a battle to revive their hopes of profitable the Liga title after falling seven factors behind Actual Madrid this weekend. The German coach did have motive for optimism in his eyes although.

Flick believes that whereas the Blaugrana dropped factors once more this weekend towards Getafe, he felt he had seen a turning level happen for his crew.

“We’re now in three competitions, and we received our first title, and that’s nice. But additionally, and I don’t prefer to look again, our ends in La Liga, it’s not good. After all, whenever you see the state of affairs in La Liga, there’s nothing to cover, it isn’t what we would like.”

Hansi Flick: “Our purpose is to win tomorrow’s recreation. It could be a terrific step for the classification and having the ability to end within the prime eight. Now we’re second, it will be nice to get the three factors.”

“However once I see after the break, how we performed, it’s actually good. And naturally everybody is aware of that it’s troublesome to play in Getafe. I hope tomorrow to see a special model of soccer from my crew. Benfica can also be a crew that likes to play soccer. It’s nice to see, and so they prefer to play, and di Maria is one in every of my favorite gamers.”

He was requested whether or not he felt the Blaugrana nonetheless had a shot at profitable the title.

“All I can say is that we’ll struggle for it, and we’ll give every part for it. Within the subsequent month, we’ll see on the finish how it’s.”

Barcelona have seen a seven-point lead of their very own slip away, with a since their victory over Actual Madrid on the Santiago Bernabeu.

Earlier than Flick spoke to the press, Benfica supervisor Bruno Lage defined that in his eyes, Barcelona have been the favourites for the Champions League.

“It’s some of the troublesome issues to do. However we’ll strive it. Once I see Liverpool, they’re at a extremely nice stage, performing in each match, they’ve a powerful crew, you see the ability of them. Their supervisor did a terrific job and it’s one in every of my favorite groups.”

The German coach was pressed on their league kind, and never solely tried to take duty for his or her points in La Liga, but additionally had phrases of reward for Getafe. He was for what he felt was a foul on Jules Kounde, however on the entire was impressed with Los Azulones.

“I’ll take away the strain for the crew, the crew does a extremely nice job, they’re enjoying very effectively, they prepare very effectively. I’ll say what I stated in Getafe. It’s my first season right here, and I haven’t skilled it. It’s actually unbelievable how they play.”

“You’re at all times trying up, it’s like tennis. It’s not good to play there. However what I can say is that when a crew is 100% centered on this model, it’s unbelievable. Possibly once I was a footballer, I’d not have favored to play there, however for them, it’s unbelievable to see, and so they concentrate on this, 100% and they’re profitable with it.”