Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick took full blame for his team’s surprise Defeat by 4-2 against Osasuna on Saturday night.
Barça’s perfect start to the new La Liga season ended with defeat in Pamplona, ​​with Flick deciding to make five changes to his starting line-up.
Lamine Yamal and Raphinha were among the players left on the bench in the hope of keeping the squad fresh, but this decision backfired and Barcelona they received a heavy blow.
In his post-match press conference, Flick explained his decision to rotate the team and took responsibility for the result.
“We had a lot of changes in the team and maybe that’s one of the reasons for (the performance), but it was necessary,” said the former Bayern Munich coach.
“We had so many games and so many players had played so many minutes. I had to take care of myself, that’s my responsibility. If you want to blame someone for this defeat, blame me.
“I had no choice. If you look at our team at the moment, we have three midfielders, plus we had a defender which is Eric (Garcia, midfield).
“Then we have (Marc) Casado, we have Pedri and we have Pablo (Torre). So, four players. And you have to think about which players start. This is not easy but we accept it.
“After the October break, there are a lot of players back. The situation is that we have a lot of injured players, but there are no excuses. We have to accept the defeat, it was not our best day.
“I’m always looking forward and I’m positive. We have to get our first win in the Champions League on Tuesday, because the three points are very important.
“It won’t be easy because Young Boys have a good team, a very fast team. We have to take care of them too, so we’ll see how we do.”
