Following the superb display by Sevilla against Barcelona in the UEFA Super Cup where they came back from a 4-1 goal deficit to draw levels before departing winger, Pedro scored the winning goal, the head coach of Barcelona, Luis Enrique has said he would have to examine how his side let Sevilla erase a three-goal lead to equalise.
The Barcelona manager credited Sevilla’s resolve but said his side would look at how they wasted such a large advantage in the second half.
“Clearly when you’re winning 4-1 your opponents have nothing to lose,” Luis Enrique said. “What we need to do, though, is analyse what happened after that and how they got back into the match, through a penalty and some attacks down the flanks.
“It happens. We were winning 2-0 at Sevilla [last season] and they came back. People think Barca win automatically but that’s not the case. We should be proud of these players.”
With Neymar sidelined by the mumps, Luis Enrique initially left Pedro on the bench in favour of Rafinha before bringing on the eventual match-winner at the start of extra time.
“It’s hard to win any trophy and this match showed that,” Luis Enrique said. “The game was really difficult for us at the beginning — we started off falling behind but came back against difficult opponents.”
The UEFA Super Cup is Barcelona fourth trophy in 2015 and first in a season that will next see them face Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup beginning on Friday.