H. Flick: "We will definitely not close ourselves off in defense"

2025-11-06 11:00 © „Reuters“

"Barcelona" unexpectedly drew 3:3 with "Club Brugge" in the UEFA Champions League away match on Wednesday.

The Catalans had to chase their opponents three times and ultimately both teams shared a point.

This was already the ninth consecutive match in which "Barca" failed to keep a clean sheet, and the team's coach Hansi Flick is increasingly facing criticism for the constantly used high defensive line.

However, after the match against "Club Brugge," "Barca's" strategist stated that he has no intention of changing his style of play.

"We could simply arrange a low defensive line and just defend near our goal. The other option is to stick to our philosophy, which in my opinion is undoubtedly the best solution.

I believe that last season we would have avoided the first opponent's goal; for me, it is an obvious shortcoming. We still lack a bit of confidence.

We want to play according to our club's DNA. We are certainly not going to close up in defense and try to win matches by a score of 1:0. However, I agree that in this situation, the result of 3:3 also does not please us. We can only be glad that we managed to come back into the match three times," said H. Flick after the match.