The new La Liga season has started, and Barcelona are tearing up the league under the management of German tactician, Hansi Dieter Flick. The former Bayern Munich manager is clearly on a mission with his young Barcelona team. The Catalans are playing beautiful and effective football under his management.
We all know how Flick changed Bayern Munich into a monstrous team. They used to score six to seven goals in every single match. Most importantly, the Bayern Munich team defeated Barcelona with a scoreline of 8-2. At that time, Hansi Flick had players like Serge Gnabry, Robert Lewandoski, Leroy Sane, Kimmich, Alphonso Davies, and Ivan Perisic in his team.
This time, he has some seriously talented players in his Barcelona squad, which includes Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Pedri, Robert Lewandoski, and Bernal. Every Barcelona fan is expecting that the German tactician can help them bring back their former glory.
After seeing the first few games, everyone is expecting that this season will be a special one for the Catalans. The way Barcelona are winning matches, they might even defeat Real Madrid. The Los Blancos side have won most of the recent matches on penalties. Their main midfielder, Jude Bellingham, is injured, and the trio of Vinicius, Mbappe, and Rodrygo is not working properly.
Barcelona vs. Girona: Match Details
At the beginning of the match, Girona’s defender made a huge mistake and gave away the ball to Barça wonderkid, Lamine Yamal. After that, Yamal breezed past the Girona goalkeeper to score the first goal for the Catalans. In the first half, Flick’s team was dominating the Girona penalty box. The sister club of Manchester City were completely clueless about their tactics and positions.
Last season, Girona were competing with the current champions, Real Madrid, for the La Liga title. But now it seems that all the energy is slowly being taken out of Girona. The absence of Ukrainian forward, Artem Dobvyk, is clearly reflecting on Girona’s effectiveness in front of the goal. Since his transfer to AS Roma, their performance has drastically decreased.
There was a moment where Girona defenders failed to clear a ball from their penalty box. The ball came straight to Yamal’s feet, and he curled it beautifully with his left foot. Thus, Barcelona got their second goal against Girona.
Lewandoski got a 1 v 1 opportunity and tried to chip the Girona goalkeeper, but the latter managed to save it. Later, Pedri got another opportunity in front of the goal, and he converted it. Pedri dribbled passed the goalkeeper and slotted the ball into an open net.
Dani Olmo scored a beautiful goal, the fourth goal, from an impossible angle. After seeing these turns of events, Hansi Flick seemed to be happy. But Barcelona were unable to keep a clean sheet because Girona midfielder Christian Stuani scored a goal for the La Liga side.
According to FC Barcelona.com, Ferran Torres got a red card because he made a feisty challenge on Yaser Asprilla feet. This incident will affect Barcelona because they will be missing a valuable player for the upcoming match against Villarreal FC. In the upcoming match, the Catalans should focus on maintaining a clean sheet because the Girona completely breezed past Barcelona defense in the last goal.
A new dawn at FC Barcelona
Instead of spending big in the transfer market, Barcelona President Joan Laporta is focusing on their academy, ‘La Masia’. This should be the approach for every club. La Masia has produced some of the best talents in world football. From Andreas Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez to Lamine Yamal, Pedri; they are still producing promising talents. This process will certainly take time, but it will bring long-term success to Barcelona.
For more sports updates, make sure to follow us on:
