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Barcelona have been going through a bad run in terms of results in La Liga in recent weeks.
In fact, having won 11 of their first 12 league games, the blaugranawhich remains at the top of the standings, has only been victorious in one of its last six games in the Spanish top flight.
Hansi Flick’s men have taken just five of the 18 points available in this run, losing consecutive home games to Las Palmas and Leganés.
Raphinha highlights the reasons for Barcelona’s fall
Speaking to ESPN ahead of Barcelona’s clash against Atlético Madrid on Saturday, in-form striker and one of the team’s captains, Raphinha, spoke about the recent run of form, pointing to fatigue and lack of concentration as the reasons. of the downturn.
“It depends on us. We have been bad. We have lowered our level. Maybe we lacked concentration at times and it cost us.” Rafina said.
“And the fatigue too. If I told you that in certain games we weren’t tired when we lost points, I would be lying. So I think fatigue is the most important factor, but we have also lowered our level.” he added.
However, the Brazil international expressed his optimism that Barcelona have what it takes to get out of their recent rut, as he said:
“Yeah, [we will] get over this. I have a tattoo that says ‘Everything passes’, that is, the bad times pass and the good ones too, so it will pass.
“We are fine, we had a good time [at the start of the season]He entered at a bad time and that will pass. Such is life. That’s football and life is the same.”
On what he believes would help Barcelona end this run of poor results, Raphinha added:
“What I believe is that we have to face each game, each team, as the most powerful team in the world. If we did that, I think we would be much more focused, to defend together, attack together and more focused to score goals.
“If we go into each game thinking that it is the most important, we will be better.”
Kounde agrees with Raphinha’s assessment
For his part, Barcelona’s defensive mainstay, Jules Kounde, who is the player who has played the most minutes in 2024, agreed with Raphinha’s assessment that the Catalans’ lack of concentration is harming them.
“It’s a little bit of everything” Koundé told ESPN. “We’re just playing a little less well in all aspects of the game.
“We start with pressure [not being as good]”It is also the focus, technically we are losing too many balls, especially in La Liga because we have done well in the Champions League.”
Although he gave credit to his rivals, the Frenchman insisted that Barça is largely to blame for his problems.
“I would say it’s us most of the time. I give credit to the team that beat or tied us, but in every game we had a chance to win it and we just didn’t play well enough or score our chances. It is up to us to rectify it.”
However, the right-back expressed optimism about Barcelona’s chances against Atlético Madrid tomorrow, saying:
“We like these games [against teams like Atletico]. We have done very well in these games, let’s say the big ones, so far this season.”
