Barcelona left the Bernabéu convinced that this year can be great. The bathroom they gave to Madrid It was historic and links with the one they gave to Bayern a few days ago in the Champions League. There is no longer a doubt, this is a reality. Barcelona has returned in a big way after a few dark years only illuminated by that League that Xavi won but which did not have enough continuity to continue and, above all, to make it clear that the Barça team had emerged from its lethargy.
Barcelona celebrated the victory over Real Madrid.
And the creator has a first and last name: Hansi Flick. It is true that the performance of the players is very high and that in the end they are the ones who win the games. However, the German’s work is being enormous because he has managed to create a team that plays football like a charm. And he has done it in record time. No one could have expected the team to be at this level just two months later.
Historical scoring record
His scoring records are a scandal. Since the 50/51 seasona whopping almost 75 years have passed since Barcelona had scored so many goals on matchday eleven. Then there were 41. At this moment Flick’s team has scored 37. And counting. The records in the last few games have been overwhelming. The last five teams that Barcelona has faced have come out well done: Young Boys (5), Alavés (3), Sevilla (5), Bayern (4) and Real Madrid (4). In total 21 goals scored, an average that exceeded four goals per game.
Flick, in the Bernabéu match.
Lewandowski and Raphinha
It is no coincidence that Barça has these records. Flick has managed to get the best version of Lewandowski and Raphinha. He has done it through diplomatic means and on the field of play. He has talked a lot with them to convince them that he counts on them and that they were going to be important in his project. And in the field looking for your best location. The Brazilian giving him total freedom of movement and the Pole by placing him as a center forward and feeding him with balls.
The defensive line
But the most surprising thing is its defensive system. That forward line you made Real Madrid was caught offside 12 times exasperating Kylian Mbappé. And the great virtue is that he is not intimidated by any rival. He believes in his idea and applies it in the same way to the Alavés than with Bayern or Real Madrid. In addition, he is gaining on Iñaki Peña, the team’s weakest link with Ter Stegen’s injury. It has given him starting stripes despite the arrival of Szczesny and Iñaki responded with a superb game at the Bernabéu.
Iñaki Peña saves a chance for Madrid.
The kids
And the kids, to theirs. Another great virtue of the technician. Assume that the kids are the club’s assets and it uses them without breaking a sweat. The easiest thing would have been to put Olmo, De Jong or Gavi. But no, Floick continued Casado and Fermin that they had made it like a movie against Bayern. This meritocracy makes his credibility go through the roof in the locker room.
Barça is a football playing machine. He has shown it in these last games, in a big week that was the cotton test for this project. And he has done it in spades, scoring four goals against Bayern and another four against Madrid. It is clear that The Blaugrana are already candidates for everything this season. Knowing how to digest this new condition will be the next chapter.
