Flick announces the reason for substituting Araujo in the Half-time

Barcelona achieved a difficult and important victory over its guest, Deportivo Alaves, 1/0, in the framework of the twenty-second round of the Spanish Premier League.

Barcelona suffered in the first half and its players were unable to penetrate the stubborn defense played by Deportivo Alaves, which prompted Hans Flick to intervene between the two halves of the match.

Barcelona’s lineup witnessed two substitutions between the two halves, as Ronald Araujo and Marc Casado left and were replaced by Eric Garcia and Frenkie de Jong.

After the match, the German coach revealed what he did to change the result, saying: “In the first half, the match was stopped for a long time due to Gavi’s injury. I don’t know his exact condition, I don’t have any information about his condition at the moment. But this affected the rhythm of the game.

He added: “In the second half we focused on the right positioning, and we talked about how to play with short distances between players, and they did that very well.”

Regarding Araujo’s substitution at half-time, Leake said: “Ronaldo had a yellow card, so we had to pay attention to that as well and we changed him. It was a difficult match, but we fought for these three points.”