‘I probably have to change my behaviour’, Flick says after red card

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick admitted connected Monday that helium did not privation his grandchildren to spot him behaving arsenic helium did erstwhile helium was sent disconnected aft making an obscene motion arsenic helium celebrated a precocious victor against Girona.

Flick had received a archetypal yellowish paper connected Saturday for protesting against a refereeing decision. He collected a 2nd for gesturing with a raised digit aft Ronald Araujo scored successful added clip to springiness Barcelona a 2-1 win.

The reddish paper means Flick volition beryllium banned from the seat erstwhile second-placed Barcelona sojourn La Liga leaders Real Madrid successful Sunday’s Clasico.

Flick said that his behaviour had changed since arriving successful Barcelona, illustrating his constituent by reviving memories of 1 of Barcelona’s top humiliations erstwhile they mislaid 8-2 to the German’s Bayern Munich broadside successful 2020.

“Maybe my emotions aren’t the aforesaid arsenic before. I retrieve erstwhile I was manager of Bayern Munich, the footage of the lucifer against Barca showed that I had the aforesaid absorption to the first, second, and eighth goals. People said I ne'er smiled!” Flick told a property league up of Barcelona’s Champions League lucifer with Olympiacos connected Tuesday.

“Right now, I’m showing much emotion, it’s true, due to the fact that this nine has wholly changed me,” helium said.

“I truly emotion this club, I springiness the champion of myself. And I don’t similar seeing myself successful this authorities connected tv either, and I don’t privation my grandchildren to spot their gramps similar that. So I astir apt person to alteration my behaviour.”

Some Barcelona officials criticised Saturday’s referee, Flick was much conciliatory.

The referee “decided to spot it differently, and that’s thing I person to accept,” helium said.

Flick besides refused to beryllium drawn into responding to a question astir whether officials favour Real Madrid.

“What bash I say? I’ve been present for 16 months; you (journalists) person been present overmuch longer and cognize more. I don’t privation to accidental thing astir it,” helium said.

In summation to semipermanent absentees Robert Lewandowski, Dani Olmo, Gavi, Joan Garcia, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Flick said that forwards Raphinha and Ferran Torres were not afloat acceptable and would miss the Champions League crippled successful the anticipation that they could play successful El Clasico.

AFP

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