The Young Boys coach, Patrick Rahmen, He admitted this Tuesday, after conceding a rout at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium (5-0), that Barcelona’s victory on the second day of the Champions League was “absolutely deserved.”
“Barça has put a lot of pressure during the 90 minutes and for us it has been very difficult to maintain possession,” summarized the Swiss coach, who admitted that he was already “expecting” such a “forceful” version of the Barça team.
Yet, Rahmen He claimed that his team played “well” in some moments of the match “as a block”, with the premise of “not giving up space”, and that it also generated some chances to score, both in the first half and after the break.
“If we had kept the game open for longer, perhaps we could have done something more,” lamented the Swiss team’s coach, who pointed out that the Barça It is “a team with exceptional quality” and commented that “for some reason, the result was 5-0.”
Rahmen He acknowledged that “when you lose you can’t be happy” and revealed that Young Boys already knew that “they were going to suffer” tonight. “In the half, the players encouraged each other to try to recover or maintain the result, and the team fought hard after the break,” he stressed.
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