Hansi Flick has given his verdict on Lamine Yamal’s decision to wave a Palestine flag during Barcelona’s La Liga title celebrations on Monday.
Yamal was seen waving the flag during the five-hour long parade and also uploaded a few pictures of Instagram afterwards of him holding the flag and a Barcelona shirt with the message: “Thank God I’m not Madridista.”
Flick was asked about Yamal in his pre-match press conference ahead of Barcelona’s next game against Alaves and shared his thoughts.
“These are
things that I don’t normally like. I have talked about it with him and I have told him that if he wants to do it is his decision, he’s 18 years old. We are dedicated to playing football and we have to take into account what people expect from us,” he told reporters.
Flick went on to speak about the parade and what is was like to share the victory with so many of the the club’s supporters.
“When I see people on the street crying with emotion you realize why we are here, and this for me is the most important thing, the first thing,” he added.
“I feel proud because it’s about the players, they’re playing a fantastic season that hasn’t been easy, there have been a lot of injuries.
“We’ve improved a lot over the last two months, it’s fantastic and it was the key to our win against Madrid. We are the team with the fewest goals conceded, nobody would have imagined it.”
Barcelona still have three games left to play, with Flick confirming he’s eager to finish on a high: “The goal now is to reach 100 points, and to do that we have to win the three remaining matches and play well.”
