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Barcelona looked like they had righted the ship against RCD Mallorca last week with a 5-1 away win that recalled their early season form in the second half. However, the 2-2 draw against Real Betis on Saturday marked just one win in five games and brought back great concern for his team.
According to Sport, Barcelona’s hierarchy has not lost faith in Hansi Flick’s methodology. They believe that rather than the German needing to modify his method, it is the players who need to improve their performance to return to fitness. The feeling is that after their excellent performances against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, there was a mental relaxation that is punishing the team.
Ronald Araújo could travel to Dortmund. He has returned after five months of recovery. @Mario_RB
— Barcacentre (@barcacentre) December 9, 2024
The coaching staff believes that although playing more directly is a tool in their area, Barcelona players need to play without pressure with quality and “break‘ more often. Meanwhile, the hierarchy feels that players like Jules Kounde, Dani Olmo, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha have dropped in their game lately and are not where they should be. Others within the club also point to the lack of alternatives in the squad and the drop-off between starters and substitutes who are too important to rest frequently, which has mentally weakened their stars.
It should be noted that during his press duties, Flick highlighted Pedri, Pau Cubarsi, Íñigo Martínez and Raphinha as four of the players who were examples for the rest of the team in terms of their contribution and commitment. Lewandowski was also rested last week, but after he, Pedri and Olmo all went off against Betis, Barcelona struggled to respond.
