'We want more', says Olmo with Barcelona bound for knock-outs
Barcelona
midfielder Dani Olmo said his team "want more" after locking up
progress through the league phase with a 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund on
Wednesday.
Barcelona went
ahead twice, the first time through Raphinha and the second through Ferran
Torres, but Serhou Guirassy struck back to level on both occasions.
Torres scored
the winner with five minutes remaining, with Barcelona going the length of the
field from a Dortmund corner to seal the win.
The victory
means Barcelona, who now sit in outright second behind Liverpool with 15
points, successfully made it through the league phase of the new format.
Olmo, who laid
on an assist in his return to Germany where he spent four years at RB Leipzig,
called on his side to "keep this mentality, this focus".
"We want to
win every game. Of course 15 points is a good amount but we want more," he
said.
The 26-year-old
said he and former Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski and one-time Bayern
Munich coach Hansi Flick spoke to the squad about what to expect at the
Westfalenstadion, which he called "one of the temples of football".
"It was a
really good atmosphere to play against so I enjoyed it to be back in
Germany."
Flick told
reporters the first half was "one of the best we've played" since he
arrived in the summer.
"It's very
special to win here. We knew that whoever wins here would take a massive step
towards qualification. It was our goal and we pushed for that," the German
said.
The coach put
the brakes on expectations, saying there was "a long way to go" for
the five-time Champions League winners in the new format.
"Our aim is
to get into the top eight first. I think that if we manage that, then we will
have achieved a lot, but the journey is still far from over.
"That's why
we'll be looking from game to game. I think we're doing really well with that."
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