"The manager insisted on the need to react and return to the key principles that brought success last season: intense high pressing, avoiding losses of possession in dangerous areas, maintaining defensive organisation and proper tactical positioning. Now, building on that, SPORT reports that the meeting was not a one-way address from coach to players. The moment required voices to be raised in self-criticism, and the squad responded."
"The players committed to returning to those guiding principles and agreed that in recent matches they had drifted away from the intensity and high pressing that underpin their approach. The squad acknowledged that when they are not operating at 100%, the system and the advanced defensive line suffer. They have already shown that they are capable of performing at maximum level."
FC Barcelona held a long meeting at Thursday's training in which manager Hansi Flick and the squad openly examined recent back-to-back losses to Atletico Madrid and Girona. The team agreed on the need to return to last season's key principles: intense high pressing, avoiding possession losses in dangerous areas, defensive organisation and correct tactical positioning. Players engaged in self-criticism, identified concepts that have been less effective this term, and outlined necessary adjustments. Coaching staff expressed satisfaction with the feedback. The squad committed to restore intensity and structure, noting that sub-100% performances compromise the system and high defensive line, ahead of a home match versus UD Levante.
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