"Afterwards a clearly unimpressed Flick told his news conference: "The most important thing is that, once the transfer window is closed, everyone is 100 per cent committed to this club. No egos, because egos kill success. Last season, we played as one unit. We have to be like this again." The Athletic reported that message was also conveyed to the players in the dressing room in stronger terms."
"He told RTVE: "I think it has more to do with the fact that we did not start the season with the intensity with which we ended the previous one, more than with egos in the dressing room. "After a draw you get a bit of heat, in the end you have to win. We have taken seven points out of nine in very difficult stadiums."
Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Rayo Vallecano with Lamine Yamal converting a penalty and goalkeeper Joan Garcia making several superb saves to preserve a point. Manager Hansi Flick insisted that, after the transfer window, everyone must be fully committed and warned that egos kill success, urging a return to last season's unity. Yamal rejected claims that egos are the cause, attributing the performance to a lower intensity than at the end of the previous season and urging a quick recovery. Barcelona have seven points from three away games while the Camp Nou is being renovated, and the squad emphasizes youth and the need for consistency to retain the title.
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