{"id":177380,"date":"2025-09-29T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/177380\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:12:10","slug":"hes-a-crazy-player-hansi-flick-hails-pedri-and-lamine-yamal-after-barcelona-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/177380\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s a crazy player\u2019 &#8211; Hansi Flick hails Pedri and Lamine Yamal after Barcelona win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The hosts went behind in the 31st minute but hit back through goals from Jules Kounde and Robert Lewandowski to take the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Barcelona\u2019s winner was set up by returning superstar Lamine Yamal and Flick admitted he was delighted to have the teenager available again after injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dIt\u2019s great to have him back. Everyone has been able to see how good Lamine is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe whole team has done a great job. We\u2019ve had 68 hours of rest since the last game, and it\u2019s incredible that all the players are giving their all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There werealso plenty of kind words for Pedri after another masterclass from the Barcelona midfielder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dPedri is special. He\u2019s a great player. He\u2019s getting better at being a leader,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe\u2019s a crazy player, very important. When he\u2019s on the pitch, he\u2019s everywhere. He gives us control of the ball and knows what position he needs to be in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe\u2019s very good. Together with Frenkie, they\u2019ve organized the team very well. They\u2019re exceptional players and very well connected. They know how they want to play, they know each other&#8230; it\u2019s fantastic to see this connection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWith this partnership, it\u2019s harder to pressure us, and this gives us more possession, creates more space, and that\u2019s the most important thing. I\u2019m very proud of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hosts went behind in the 31st minute but hit back through goals from Jules Kounde and Robert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,11561,11563,596,85],"class_list":["post-177380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-barcelona-la-liga","tag-barcelona-team-news","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}