Rodri Warns: This Is Barcelona's Biggest Mistake
The Barcelona midfielder highlighted the team's response in the second half, but insisted on an aspect of the game in which Barcelona must improve.
According to "Verzeh Se", Barcelona is having a very good time, but Rodri knows very well that the team still has room for improvement, especially in the Champions League.
After the decisive victory against Galatasaray (4-1), the 30-year-old midfielder gave a message that points to one aspect of the team that needs to be improved to compete at the highest level in Europe: knowing when to increase the pace of the game and when to be patient with the ball.
"Maybe today I was trying to tell them to try to attack a little bit slower, because eventually if you lose the ball, the opposition will quickly switch," Rhodri explained. He focused on the need to better control matches and prevent loose balls from turning into chances for the opponent.
"We know that when we go to Europe, there are some things that we have to be careful about," he warned. For example, the first chance the opponent had turned into a goal. In this sense, we have to improve and the opponent even managed to score the second goal against us."
This player also recalled one of the most sensitive moments of the match; When Galatasaray were on the verge of scoring a second goal before it was ruled out by the video assistant referee. This ten-minute period in which control of the game was lost served as a warning to Barcelona, although it ended with a big-goal victory.
Emphasizing the importance of managing different scenarios in European matches, Rhodri said: "The instruction is clear, maybe we should have calmed down a bit more in those ten rather crazy minutes we experienced and when we got the goal. This is our lesson today."
Rodri reminded: "We are in good condition and our performance score is 10 out of 10." However, he did not hide that this result should not cover the areas that need improvement. In any case, the determination and character that Barcelona showed to overcome difficult moments was one of the positive points that was praised.