The FC Barcelona drew 1-1 against Rayo Vallecano in their visit to the Estadio de Vallecas. The Azulgrana team did not have their best game against the Madrid team and at the end of the match Hansi Flick made it clear in his statements.

The German strategist did not detract from the work done by the 'franjirrojos', but sent a message to his players, to whom before leaving with their national teams he pointed out that they should do better. After Gavi's knee problems, the list of call-ups went from 14 to 13 players.

"I have spoken with the players. Almost all the players are leaving with their national teams and I have spoken with them now about the match (...). Everyone with a good attitude, we will do better."

Flick points to the FIFA date break as an important moment to improve

In this sense, Flick pointed out that with the arrival of the break for the double FIFA date, which will be between September 3 and 9, it will be important to improve certain details that he noticed are not fine.

"What is happening to us is normal at the beginning of the season. We will take advantage of the international break to improve a lot," he added.

In the same vein, the coach pointed out that it is positive to have this break from the clubs, as it will allow them to delve into certain aspects to change the dynamic. “It is positive to have this break. Then we can delve into certain details, correct mistakes and raise our performance.”

Similarly, Hansi highlighted the work of Rayo Vallecano, whom he pointed out played like a great team. He also argued that Barça was not fine when they had the ball.

"We should have scored the second goal, but Rayo played wonderfully. That's what I can say. We lost a lot of balls, and that's what we have to improve," he said.

Flick avoids talking about Fermín and says that everyone should be focused on Barça

In this order of ideas, one of the players about whom there has been the most speculation is Fermín López, who came on in the second half against Rayo and added 28 minutes. However, his future at Barcelona has been in doubt in the last days of the market, so Flick avoided continuing to fuel the issue.

 "I will not talk about Fermín. We will see if he stays at the end of the transfer market, if he stays. Everyone must be 100% committed to the team, without egos. Egos kill success," he said.

In addition, the coach took the opportunity before the media to point out that his team's bad game had nothing to do with the lamentable state of the pitch. 

"There are no excuses. We need to control the ball more and have it more. Today we have not been very precise, and that has nothing to do with the surface of the field," Flick pointed out.

Joan García, a high point for Hansi Flick

Lamine Yamal, who was in charge of opening the scoring with a penalty goal, the first from 11 steps officially with Barça since his debut, was not the only highlight of the match, since the strategist took the opportunity to highlight the work of goalkeeper Joan García.

The 26-year-old goalkeeper left Vallecas as the MVP of the match after making 5 saves, apart from giving 22 accurate passes out of 27. The goalkeeper is having the expected performances after his incorporation and as was seen, he was largely responsible for Barcelona finishing the match without losing.

“I congratulated him. It is good to see how he works with the ball; he is very good and fast. He has not made mistakes and has a lot of confidence,” he said.