{"id":3184,"date":"2025-02-16T18:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=215465"},"modified":"2025-02-16T18:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:32:28","slug":"flick-bellingham-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/flick-bellingham-red-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Flick: Bellingham’s red card lacked respect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona<\/strong> head coach Hansi Flick<\/strong> held a press conference on Sunday ahead of the La Liga<\/strong> clash against Rayo Vallecano<\/strong>, discussing the team’s chances of clinching first place, Araujo’s<\/strong> availability, and Bellingham’s recent red card incident.<\/em><\/p>\n

Barcelona’s Chances for First Place<\/h4>\n

Barcelona<\/strong> faces Rayo Vallecano<\/strong> at the Montjuic<\/strong> on Monday, with a win propelling them to the top of the La Liga table after both Real Madrid<\/strong> and Atletico Madrid<\/strong> dropped points.<\/p>\n

“We don\u2019t look at the other teams. We\u2019ll look at the standings and see how we\u2019ll be at the end of the season,” Flick<\/strong> stated. “We\u2019ve played some good games this year. In training, the players are having a good time. They want to show how good they are and the mentality they have. We have to keep going like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ‘Blaugrana<\/strong>‘ have the opportunity to reclaim the lead they lost two months ago due to a slump in form. Flick cautioned his team against underestimating Rayo Vallecano<\/strong>: \u201cRayo<\/strong> are doing a good job. It’s not easy to play against them, with pressure and high intensity. They have done very well and that\u2019s why they are succeeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Araujo’s Availability<\/h4>\n

Regarding player availability, Flick<\/strong> confirmed that Ronald Araujo<\/strong> “will be on the squad list,” though his chances of playing time remain uncertain. Araujo<\/strong> reportedly sustained an ankle injury during the previous match against Sevilla<\/strong> and was unable to complete the subsequent training session.<\/p>\n

Bellingham’s Red Card Controversy<\/h4>\n

The England international received a red card during Real Madrid’s<\/strong> draw against Osasuna<\/strong>. He was dismissed after reportedly using offensive language \u201cf*** you\u201d <\/strong>towards the referee. Bellingham claimed a misunderstanding, stating he used a different \u201cf*** off\u201d <\/strong>phrase expressing his confusion over a decision and had no intention of insulting the official.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you say this to me, I think it\u2019s not nice. It\u2019s disrespectful,\u201d Flick<\/strong> commented on the incident. \u201cBut I don\u2019t have to decide about these situations. My opinion on this, and that\u2019s what I tell my players all the time, is why would you waste your energy discussing with a referee and questioning a decision?<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cFor me, we have one person on the pitch entitled to do that, and it is the captain. We have to accept that. I honestly don\u2019t like this bad behaviour with referees and I insisted that to my players. It\u2019s not good for the team when any player does it, you might get a red card and I definitely don\u2019t want that.\u201d Flick<\/strong> emphasized the importance of respecting officials and focusing on the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick held a press conference on Sunday ahead of the La Liga clash against Rayo Vallecano, discussing the team’s chances of clinching first place, Araujo’s availability, and Bellingham’s recent red card incident. Barcelona’s Chances for First Place Barcelona faces Rayo Vallecano at the Montjuic on Monday, with a win propelling them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[37,8077,8078,8079,8080,84,3116,473,3556,4438,643,1578],"class_list":["post-3184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-barcelona","tag-bellingham","tag-disrespect","tag-f-off","tag-f-you","tag-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-la-liga","tag-rayo-vallecano","tag-red-card","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hansi-Flick.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}