Hansi Flick lauded Barcelona's mentality in their "unbelievable" 5-4 comeback victory over Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday. (More Sports News)
The result sealed their place in the last 16, but they had to pull off a monumental turnaround after Vangelis Pavlidis' hat-trick had the Blaugrana 3-1 down at the break.
Raphinha reduced the deficit just after the hour to give Barcelona hope, but Ronald Araujo's own-goal four minutes later seemingly put the result beyond the visitors.
However,바카라 웹사이트Robert Lewandowski, who scored a penalty in the first half, scored his second spot-kick 12 minutes from time, a goal that kickstarted the dramatic turnaround.
Eric Garcia then levelled the contest before바카라 웹사이트Raphinha notched his brace in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time to seal a huge three points for Flick's side.바카라 웹사이트
"It was a very crazy game. The most positive thing was the mentality we had. We came back and that's wonderful. That's football and that's why we love it," Flick said.바카라 웹사이트
"I don't think I've ever experienced a comeback like this. It is unbelievable. We didn't play so well in the first half. They are very good and scored first.
"They made us defend very deep. We were not in the right position. In the second half we were better and substitutions helped us a lot."
The clash at the바카라 웹사이트Estadio da Luz was the first in Champions League history to finish 5-4,바카라 웹사이트with Barcelona becoming just the second side in the competition라이브 바카라 history to win a game despite conceding four or more바카라 웹사이트goals (Borussia Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warsaw in November 2016).
Wojciech Szczesny's display바카라 웹사이트was also placed under the microscope after the match after making errors that led to two of Benfica's goals in the opening 45 minutes.
Szczesny first came out to claim a long punt forward and clattered into바카라 웹사이트Alejandro Balde, allowing바카라 웹사이트Pavlidis to gather the ball and roll into an empty net.바카라 웹사이트
The Polish goalkeeper then fouled바카라 웹사이트Kerem Akturkoglu inside the box after rushing off his line, with바카라 웹사이트Pavlidis completing his hat-trick from the resulting penalty.바카라 웹사이트
However, Flick defended바카라 웹사이트Szczesny, insisting that the 34-year-old improved after the break and arguably kept his side in the contest.바카라 웹사이트
"Which player does not make mistakes? It is normal. Szczesny had some mistakes, but all the players made mistakes in the first half," Flick said.
"We win together, we lose together. We are a team. I liked what I saw in the second half, he saved a clear chance for Benfica."
Despite the adulation of the victory, Flick urged his players to turn their attention to their next LaLiga clash, which comes against Valencia at the Camp Nou on Sunday.바카라 웹사이트
Barcelona drew 1-1 with Getafe in their last league fixture, leaving them바카라 웹사이트third in the standings and seven points behind rivals Real Madrid at the summit.바카라 웹사이트
"The victories give us time to keep believing in this project and send the message to the young players that we can and want to improve," he said.
"It's very important to focus on the Valencia game and we also want to beat Atalanta. We don't have to think that we are at ease."
