Barcelona must keep the 'emotion' of conceding four goals against Sevilla to help ‘fight for every title’, says Hansi Flick
Published 05/10/2025 at 20:12 GMT+1
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick wants his team to keep "the emotions we have" of being thumped 4-1 by Sevilla, to help fuel them in their hunt for titles this season. The Liga champions suffered their first defeat in the league this season, meaning they go into the international break two points behind Real Madrid. Looking for positives, Flick was pleased with the second-half "reaction".
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Hansi Flick has said Barcelona must keep the "emotion we have" after conceding four goals against Sevilla to help them "fight for every title".
The Liga champions were thrashed 4-1 in Seville on Sunday, bringing their unbeaten start to the league campaign to an end.
Flick's side were 2-1 down at the interval, with Marcus Rashford volleying home his first league goal on the brink of half-time after goals from former Barca player Alexis Sanchez and Isaac Romero.
Robert Lewandowski squandered the chance to bring his side level when he missed a penalty in the 76th minute, before Jose Angel Carmona and Akor Adams added a late flourish for the hosts.
Flick admitted his side were "not good" in the opening period, but was adamant in looking at the positives, praising the second-half reaction of his players, who he believes can use this result as fuel for improvement after the upcoming international break.
Speaking at full-time, the Barcelona boss said: "The first half was not good from us. They play one-against-one against us, and they were very aggressive. We had no solution to play out, it was really not good.
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"But in the second half - the reaction - I appreciated a lot. What we did, how we played, it was really good to see. The two goals I don't want to speak about that. I don't need excuses for that.
"We have to focus on the first half because we have to learn from this, but the most important thing is the reaction; this is what I say to the team.
"With this defeat, with this emotion we have in the dressing room, it's important that we keep it, and when we start again after the break, we will fight. We will fight for every title, for the Champions League, for the Copa [dey Rey], and of course La Liga. This is what we want.
"We are a good team, players will come back, but the reaction, again, I appreciate that."
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Barcelona were without Lamine Yamal after the 18-year-old aggravated a groin injury during Barcelona's midweek defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.
With the winger expected to be out for "two to three" weeks, the international break is coming at an ideal time for Flick, who was also missing Raphinha, ruled out with a hamstring injury.
The result leaves Barcelona in second, two points behind leaders Real Madrid, who have won seven of their eight league matches this season.
Following the 2-1 defeat against PSG on Wednesday, it also means they have now suffered two consecutive defeats for only the second time since Flick took charge.
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But the German is not concerned about his system, pointing to "really big mistakes" in the opening period in Seville instead.
"I don't think it's about the system and the structure," Flick said: "In the first half, we make some really big mistakes, but at the end it's like we always play.
"I also said it after Paris, we have to learn. We have to learn from this match, we have to learn from Paris, and we do it."
Following the international break, Barcelona return to action with home games against Girona and Olympiacos before the first Clasico of the season at the Bernabeu.
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