It always gives pleasure to players knowing that their manager is backing them to understand the reason behind any mistake they unintentionally did in the field and last Barcelona vs Roma champions league game was one such game that ended in a 1-1 draw despite the fact that Spanish giant were dominating throughout the game and it was Alessandro Florenzi’s long strike and little bit mistake done by the Barca goalie to defend the shot that helped Italian side to equalize the lead and manage to conclude the game as draw. The only goal from Barcelona was fired by Luis Suarez at Stadio Olimpico but Florenzi shot shred off the lead. Generally, this kind of mistake from a goalie is taken as the big one but Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is not following the tradition, perhaps, he accepts his own mistake for the equalizer and defended his goalie for his hard work throughout the game. This could be his brilliant attempt to keep players moral high knowing they will not be fired after every tiny mistake, while on the other hand, fans are not happy looking a definite win is so converting into a draw.
Talking about the opponents and what went wrong for the European defenders, Asturian coach said after the game, “(Florenzi) is a good player, but he has been very lucky. He took a chance and scored a goal. Well-done to him — but this is a problem we will have given the type of defence we play with. The goal is my fault — we tell our keepers to play like that. But I’d bet nobody will score another one against us.
“When you reach these competitions, the physical level is important, and when the opponent closes up at the back it is difficult to make chances. That is a problem we have when teams sit back, that they can surprise us, but despite that I think our game was pretty clear — and we deserved to win.”
Roma was not a new side for Enrique as he has been in charge over there for one season back in 2011-12, so it would be a mistake to say everything that happened was a surprise for the Spanish side, in fact, they were well prepared for them but one mistake transformed a sure shot win into a draw losing one and half points to the Camp Nou side.