FC Barcelona played their penultimate Champions League league phase game against Slavia Praha. [It ended in a 4-2 win for the Catalan club](https://semprebarca.com/frenkie-de-jong-9-0-eric-garcia-8-5-slavia-prague-2-4-barcelona-player-ratings/), with a brace from Fermin Lopez and goals from Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski.
After the game, Hansi Flick spoke to the media, addressing a range of topics, including the team’s performance, Pedri’s injury, Frenkie de Jong’s masterclass, and Ronald Araujo’s comeback cameo, among others. According to [SPORT](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/flick-araujo-ayudado-ganar-carrera-125947520), here is everything he said:
Firstly, he spoke about the team’s ability to bounce back from going behind:
**“I’m happy because after conceding two goals from set pieces, we managed to come back, and that wasn’t easy today. It was very cold. Slavia is a good team, strong, with good transitions and dangerous from set pieces. I already said it would be a difficult match against an opponent that had five weeks to prepare for this game.”**
Flick then spoke about how close the team is to the top eight. He said:
**“Next Wednesday is when everything will be decided. We’ve already seen how difficult it is to win in the Champions League. The important thing is to win and play well, to take the three points and then see what happens. It won’t be easy because Pedri won’t be there, we’ll see about Ferran, and Frenkie won’t be there either. We have the opportunity, and we’ll have to manage it. We didn’t start well, but we have the chance, and that’s what we want because we’d have two fewer matches and that would help us recover.”**
The German manager then provided some not-so-good news on Pedri:
**“Pedri has a problem with his hamstring, but I don’t know yet. These things happen. I don’t know how many weeks it will be — we’ll find out tomorrow — but it’s not good news. Dani came on because of his injury and scored. Rashford was also good, as were Araújo and Bernal. It’s good that the players who come in can make an immediate impact.”**
Hansi Flick then spoke about Fermin and Olmo:
**“Fermín is very good. He’s ours. It was important that he stayed, important for him too because he lives for Barça, but also Olmo, who came on and scored a goal, and Lewandowski, who played the full 90 minutes and fought hard.”**
The manager then spoke about Ronald Araujo, who made his first significant appearance since the Chelsea debacle. He said:
**“It was a great moment — winning that one-on-one in that run, the way he defended. He helped us a lot, and that’s why I went straight to him. We have to keep going step by step with Araújo.”**
Finally, Flick recognised just how good Frenkie was on the night. He said:
**“Frenkie played very well. He’s fantastic — not only offensively, but defensively as well.”**
Hansi Flick seemed satisfied with how things played out. It remains to be seen how the game against Copenhagen unfolds next week and whether Barcelona can finish in the top eight when the League Phase curtains come down.