Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has hailed the impact of Ferran Torres in replacing Robert Lewandowski after he scored a hat-trick in Thursday’s 5-0 Copa del Rey quarter-final win over Valencia. Fermin Lopez
and Lamine Yamal were the other scorers as Barca face Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad in the semi-finals next Wednesday. Torres’ three goals took
his tally to 11 this season in all competitions, with Flick often deploying the attacker as a central striker to give Lewandowski more rest.
Torres was one of several players to come into the Barça side as Flick flexed his squad’s depth, with López, Frenkie de Jong and Eric García also handed starts.
The changes didn’t affect Barça’s rhythm as they followed up beating Valencia 7-1 in LaLiga two weeks ago by racing into a 4-0 lead at Mestalla inside the first 30 minutes.
“Now it’s important [to show that depth] because we have tough weeks and months until the end of the season,” the German coach added.
“It’s important everyone shows their best; how good they are. This helps us a lot. I am happy for the players coming in, scoring goals and also playing really good.
“The important thing is for everyone to perform at their best,” Flick told a เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย news conference when asked about Barca’s continued scoring without Lewandowski. “Torres’s performance was really good. As a centre-forward, scoring goals is important. “ And he did really well today,” he said.
“I’m happy because he scored three goals. It’s amazing because he hasn’t had an easy season this season. He came back from an injury and I’m happy for him. He did a great job today.”