Hansi Flick returned to Liga without fault, FC Barcelona having started the defense of its title with a 3-0 victory in Mallorca.
Barcelona was well helped by her frustrated opponents, with two red boxes in the first period.
Difficult to assess the level of Barcelona from this result, because they played more than half of the match with an advantage of two players, as Flick pointed out in his post-match comments.
Hansi Angry Flick
I didn't like the match. These are three important points, but after having led 2-0 and the two red cards, I think my team played 50 %.
« It is impossible. I have to talk to the players about it. We cannot play 50 % against nine players, that's not what I expect. »» Next meeting for Barcelona: two trips, in Levante and Rayo Vallecano before the end of August, and the date of return of Robert Lewandowski remains uncertain.
Flick would choose Torres or Rashford for these two meetings, if he decides not to return Lewandowski in disaster following a muscle injury.
The choice fell on Torres for this meeting, as you would expect, despite the beautiful form of Rashford in pre-season.
The noise around the signature of Rashford was decisive, Flick wishing to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on his new player.
The English star replaced Rashford 20 minutes from the end, and after a discreet appearance, the intuition was to start Torres in Levante next weekend.
