{"id":55087,"date":"2025-10-19T06:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/flick-denies-gestures-to-the-referee-after-barcas-agonizing-victory-against-girona\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T06:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:12:57","slug":"flick-denies-gestures-to-the-referee-after-barcas-agonizing-victory-against-girona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/flick-denies-gestures-to-the-referee-after-barcas-agonizing-victory-against-girona\/","title":{"rendered":"Flick denies gestures to the referee after Bar\u00e7a’s agonizing victory against Girona"},"content":{"rendered":"The Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, insisted that none of his gestures during the dramatic 2-1 victory against Girona in LaLiga on Saturday were directed at the referee, after being sent off in a heated finish.\n\nFlick received a yellow card in stoppage time, apparently for applauding referee Jes\u00fas Gil Manzano, and then immediately received a second caution for his reaction to the warning.\n\nThe Bar\u00e7a match was interrupted in protest of the match in Miami.\n\n“Frenkie [de Jong] was there and I said [while applauding] ‘OK, come on Frenkie’,” Flick explained in the post-match press conference.\n\n

\u201cIt wasn’t a reaction for the referee\u201d.<\/p>Hansi Flick<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nAs a result of his expulsion, Flick will likely have to serve a suspension and will not be able to be in the band for next week’s Cl\u00e1sico against Real Madrid.\n\nHe could face an even bigger sanction if his celebration after Ronald Araujo’s winning goal in the 93rd minute, which occurred after he was sent off, is considered punishable.\n\nFlick ran towards the field after the goal, making a provocative gesture with his arms, although he says it wasn’t directed at anyone.\n\n

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Hansi Flick fue expulsado en el partido de LaLiga del Barcelona contra el Girona. Foto de Alex Caparros\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t against anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe it was about our game, the performance we put on. I never go against anyone.\u201d\n\n

“For me, it’s football. It’s emotion. I also don’t say anything about the referee. It’s his decision. I accept it. It’s not against him, the applause with the hands”.<\/p>Hansi Flick<\/cite>\n\nFlick said he tried to speak with Gil Manzano, but the referee did not want to talk.\n\n\u201cI tried to tell him something, but he didn’t speak to me,\u201d he added.\n\n“That’s how it is. It’s okay. He goes his way. I accept it. He is the referee.”\n\nThe Bar\u00e7a had lost their last two matches, against Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla, before Saturday’s Catalan derby, but started well against Girona, taking the lead thanks to Pedri in the 13th minute.\n\nGirona equalized shortly after thanks to an overhead kick by Axel Witsel and could have scored more before halftime, while Bar\u00e7a also came close when a free kick by Marcus Rashford hit the crossbar.\n\nBarcelona improved in the second half, but had to wait until the 93rd minute to secure the three points when central defender Araujo, deployed from the bench as an emergency striker, headed in a cross from De Jong.\n\n\u201cBefore making this change, I spoke with Ronald,\u201d Flick said. \u201cI told him \u2018Do you think you can play this?\u2019 And he said \u2018Yes\u2019.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am very happy for him. He always plays with all his heart for this club, for this team. It was incredible\u201d.\n\n\nHansi Flick\n\n\u201cRonald is very good in training in front of the goal. It was the feeling that maybe he can change this game\u201d.\n\n– Hansi Flick\n\nAra\u00fajo, for his part, said that his teammates laughed when he told them he would score while preparing to enter.\n\n\u201cEveryone knows I played as a forward [when I was younger],\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI think if I played as a forward I could score many more goals [laughs].\u201d\n\n

“When the coach asked me about coming in, I had absolutely no doubt. When I was putting on the shirt, I said ‘If I come in, I’ll score a goal'”.<\/p>Ronald Araujo<\/cite>\n\n\u201cEveryone laughed and then I scored. I work hard to be able to play, so I am very happy\u201d.\n\nRonald Ara\u00fajo\n\nThe Bar\u00e7a returns to Champions League action on Tuesday, when it receives Olympiacos, before traveling to Madrid next Sunday in LaLiga.\n\nFlick’s team climbed to the top of LaLiga with the victory over Girona, but Madrid will surpass them again with a win against Getafe on Sunday.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, insisted that none of his gestures during the dramatic 2-1 victory against Girona in LaLiga on Saturday were directed at the referee, after being sent off in a heated finish. Flick received a yellow card in stoppage time, apparently for applauding referee Jes\u00fas Gil Manzano, and then immediately received a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[156,5960,2022,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-55087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-barcelona","8":"tag-girona","9":"tag-hansi-flick","10":"tag-laliga"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}