Amor: Sack Valverde? There will be nothing of the sort Barcelona Surprised with the result

Barcelona's director of institutional relations Guillermo Amor has made clear that the club are not contemplating the sacking of Ernesto Valverde after their team's 3-2 defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana.

The former Blaugrana midfielder also added that the result frustrated the Catalan side.

"Losing has bothered us a lot," he said.

"We must continue, this [season] is very long.

"There are many and very important [games].

When asked if the latest capitulation would mean the end of Valverde, Amor denied any such talk.

"On what you say about Valverde, there will be nothing of the sort."

Amor went on to break down the game and stressed that the Barcelona players didn't expect Atletico to turn it around.

"When you have played football, you know that these things can happen," he added.

"Especially in important games, with strong teams.

"When you think you have won, you can lose.

"To summarise the game, I think we dominated the first half.

"They went forward and our two goals that were disallowed indicate that we were close and we were superior. No one thought that they were going to win the game.

"They have surprised us in one-off plays and they have escaped at the end. It was clear that they were out of the game and that they couldn't find each other.

"It seemed that we had everything controlled and [they sent] two balls inside [our area] and scored goals."