In the 34 official matches this season, the Barça of Hansi Flick They have conceded a total of 39 goals counting the four official competitions, which gives an average of one per game. The figure that is above the average of recent seasons hides a fact that the Barça technical staff is taking into account: the goals conceded in the first half, which conditions the script of the match and forces the Barça team, in most cases, to trail and come back. The last one, against Elche, in LaLiga, when Alvaro Rodriguez equalized the initial goal in the 29th minute Lamine Yamal.
He Barça has conceded 26 goals in the first 45 minutes of the game (19 in LaLiga, 5 in the Champions League and a couple in the Spanish Super Cup), which represents a striking 66% of the total. In the second parts, the volume drops considerably to half, allowing the situation to be redirected with its usual offensive avalanche.
So many goals against at the start have forced the Blaugrana to make an effort to turn the score around. Of the 8 comebacks carried out (Oviedo, Real Sociedad, Alavés, Atlético, Betis, Eintracht, Slavia and Copenhagen), always starting from a defeat, in all the matches so many early birds conceded in the first minutes. There have been frustrated comebacks (Sevilla, Real Madrid, Bruges, Chelsea and Real Sociedad), and in all of them with so many conceded before the break. So the failure of these comebacks represents almost 40%. And Barça has conceded first in 13 of the 34 first.
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In different press conferences. Hansi Flick has highlighted the need to correct defensive errors from the start, the lack of concentration that forces the team to redouble offensive efforts without losing sight of the defense. And in three of the last five games, the Barça has started receiving in three: Real Sociedad, Slavia and Copenhagen. The Blaugrana know how to counteract it by building a fort at home
