A bad night at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano as Barça went down to a 4-0 defeat against Atlético Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final. Blaugrana coach Hansi Flick was defiant in his post-game press conference. "We are capable of coming back. We will fight and for that reason we need our fans at Spotify Camp Nou," said the boss, looking ahead to the return leg in Barcelona on 3 March. 

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Hansi Flick: 'We can come back'

 

"We didn't play well as a team in the first half. We didn't press as we wanted and I would have liked to have seen the hunger that Atlético showed. In the second half we were better," continued the coach. 

"I am proud of my team. It's clear I am not happy with the first 45 minutes but I am proud of the season we are putting in. We will pick ourselves up and come back." 

"We have a chance of turning it around. We can win each half 2-0," added Flick, who denied if was his worst day in the job of Barça coach before sending a message of hope to the fans ahead of the second leg at Spotify Camp Nou. 

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