Hansi Flick was sent off after protesting against referee Alejandro Muniz Ruiz as Real Betis were awarded a penalty, which Giovani Lo Celso converted to make it 1-1.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was left feeling slightly frustrat after his side slipp up to victory after Real Betis came from behind to draw 2-2 in stoppage time, Ufabet Sport reports on Saturday.
Robert Lewandowski put Barcelona 1-0 up in the 39th minute, but Real Betis equalize 1-1 through Giovani Lo Celso’s penalty in the 68th minute after Vitor Roque was foul in the penalty area by Frenkie de Jong. Although Ferran Torres scored a goal for the Azulgrana team to lead 2-1 in the 80th minute, Betis team equalized successfully in the 90+4th minute through Assane Diao.
‘I’m disappointed with what happened on the pitch. This is a game we have to win,’ Flick said. ‘We know we have the quality to win, but we have to prove it.’
The German coach also added that Barcelona played too slowly at times and lost control against Real Betis.
‘We have to play faster, we were too slow today, played a lot of long balls, it’s not our strength and we have to change. We started playing well after the goal.’
‘When we have more control we can find better positions and play quicker. We were very poor today, very slow at the end. Long passes are the easier solution and we don’t want to play like that.’
Flick has sent off in the 66th minute after protesting against referee Alejandro Muniz Ruiz for awarding Real Betis a penalty, with the 59-year-old saying: ‘I didn’t understand my red card. I didn’t say anything to anyone. I had a reaction, something I said to myself: ‘This has never happened to me before.’
Flick then revealed that Barcelona would not appeal his red card, saying: ‘I don’t think Barcelona will appeal my red card, it’s fine.’
Flick also defended his decision after taking off Daniel Olmo, Rafinha, Pedri and Lewandowski, saying: ‘We need freshness, that’s why I took off important players.’
‘We have a very young team โปรโมชั่น ufabet and we have to improve a lot. We have to be stronger for away games.’