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Barcelona fell to defeat in their first match since clinching the La Liga title, as Alaves secured a 1-0 victory<\/a> at Mendizorroza. Ibrahim Diabate\u2019s goal in first half stoppage time was the difference between the teams, and it brought to an end the Catalans\u2019 11-match winning streak in the league.<\/p>\n As per Diario AS<\/a>, head coach Hansi Flick gave his thoughts on the defeat when he spoke to the media in his post-match press conference. He explained why he made eight changes to the side that won in El Clasico, which also expressing his disappointment at losing their chance to finidh on 100 points.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to give minutes to the players who had played less. In the first half, we controlled the game but it was not an easy night. They are fighting for survival and it is normal. I\u2019m happy with what I saw. We wanted to win and reach 100 points. It wasn\u2019t possible, but I\u2019ve told the players that I\u2019ve seen things that I liked. I\u2019m disappointed (not to reach 100 points), but we have to accept it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \n One of the few positives Barcelona can take from the defeat was the performance of debutant Alvaro Cortes. The defender stood out<\/a> among his teammates, and this impressed his manager.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was his first game. I saw him with confidence on the ball. He has made his debut because of how he trains. That\u2019s what I want to see from the Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic players, that they give their all in training with the first team and play well in the reserve team. I like what I had seen and that\u2019s why he played.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \n Another of the players drafted in at Mendizorroza was Wojciech Szczesny, who started for the first time in over six months. Flick revealed that the Pole was brought in to allow regular starter Joan Garcia to rest.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had three games this week. We decided that Joan would rest, but he will probably play the two remaining games.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Hansi Flick pleased with performance of Barcelona debutant in Alaves defeat<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barcelona fell to defeat in their first match since clinching the La Liga title, as Alaves secured a 1-0 victory at Mendizorroza. Ibrahim…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6415,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions\/6415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Flick compliments Cortes after impressive debut<\/h2>\n
Flick explains Szczesny start decision<\/h2>\n