Nine goals in two games against Real Madrid, a 4-1 win over Bayern, a 5-1 win over Villarreal, seven goals in a duel with Valladolid... Barcelona have had around fifteen spectacular games in all competitions this season, but what draws special attention is what the team has done. Hansia Flick did in two "el classics".
In La Liga, it was 4:0 at the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of October, and the current European champion received a new slap in the face on Sunday in distant Jeddah in the Spanish Super Cup - the Catalans celebrated 5:2, the impression being that they were even more dominant than they were two and a half months ago in Madrid.
- We played a great game, the team was incredible. I can only congratulate them. We were united - we defended and attacked together. That's what's key and what we're trying to do better from game to game - said Flik.
Real Madrid took the lead through Kylian Mbappe in the 5th minute after a counterattack. It seemed at that moment that the team Carlo Ancelotti has a cure for the rival, that they will seek a quick transition from the granite defense through Mbappe and Vinicius Junior, but the plan fell apart very quickly as Barça equalized through Lamina Jamal, and then by halftime they reached a huge 4:1 with goals Robert Levandovski, Rafinje i Alejandro Baldea.
Real Madrid's defense and midfield were non-existent, Rafinha made it 5:1 at the beginning of the second half and the result would probably have been more convincing than the final 5:2 if the "blaugrana" had not been reduced to ten men in the 56th minute due to the goalkeeper's red card. Wojciech Szczensny.
Flik thus reached his sixth trophy in a total of six finals as a coach, and he won his first with Barça.
- The goal of big clubs is to win trophies and that's why we work hard - added Flik.
Barça is currently second in the Champions League standings, while they have fallen to third place in La Liga after a series of poor results. The leader is Atletico, second is Real...
- We celebrated the trophy and that's it, now we have to get back to everyday life and try to be at a new level more often - Flick pointed out.
Real Madrid started the season with a European Super Cup win (beating Atalanta), but at the beginning of 2025 they suffered a debacle that few expected.
- We shouldn't hide our disappointment. This is football - sometimes you are able to win, and sometimes you have to learn from defeat - he said Carlo Angelotti.
Real Madrid simply couldn't defend against Jamal, Rafinha, Lewandowski...
- We defended poorly. Barça scored easily, and we didn't respond well to the high pressing. At half-time I said that we had to try to play football first because in the first half we didn't do that. We were "throwing" long balls at each other, and that wasn't the right idea. You can lose games, but not the way we played in the first 45 minutes - the Italian was clear.
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