Pau Cubarsi, the center of Barcelona, admitted that he and his companions “did not give 100%” in the disappointing 1-1 Saturday tie with Real Betis.
The League leaders This weekend was relieved in front of his own fans. Gavi, a former Betis youth team player, finished a clear passage sequence to break the deadline at the seventh minute. However, the competition was less than 20 minutes when Natan went to the equalization of Betis from a poorly defended corner.
Catalan giants have been Record score form This season, but barely created many possibilities to highlight on Saturday night. Barcelona published a target of 1.3 of the measured target (XG): a figure that have coincided or enlightened in all the three games of the league of this campaign.
Cubarsi left this immersion to the collective ethics of the team or its lack. “We have been doing things right in recent days, but today we have not made us determination and even more wishes to win,” he was surprisingly off -play 18 years after the game. “You could see on the pitch that we did not give 100%and you cannot win like this. We lacked the desire to finish the game from the beginning. We gave them life and energy and, in the end, they were able to draw a draw.”
“We tried to give it all in the second half,” added Cubarsi. “We did not go out in the way we should have in the first half. The pace of the game was slow and I will tell you, it was even boring for the fans.”
The congested Cubarsi calendar was not tried to blame. “We have to make an effort,” the teenager crushed as he continued his Tirade. “We knew we went into the game with a heavy load and a few days’ break, but this is no excuse if we want to win as many titles as possible because we are Barça. We faced too much Atlético de Madrid Because the second half was not entirely good, and it was shown today. “
Raphinha showed his sharp sharpness with a verbal assault on the referee helping the closing stages of the Saturday competition. The Brazilian seemed to say to the officer: “You don’t tell me to shut up, don’t tell me to shut up! You’re cursucated, cursed.” Robert LewandowskiHansi Flick and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen attempted and failed to reduce the boiling temper of Raphinha.
Flick had a more positive view of Saturday’s draw. “I am happy with this point because we have a game less and a point more,” he said In the TV leagueperhaps with Real Madrid’s defeat before Valencia At the beginning of the day. “There are days when you create possibilities, but the opponent resists them and sits thoroughly, and this was a game like this.”
Barcelona With a four-point advantage at the league summit and a quarter of the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund has on Wednesday to prepare.