Barcelona manager Hansi Flick led his side to a 2-0 win over Espanyol on Thursday for the club’s 28th La Liga title, calling it the “most honest title.” After lifting the Super Cup and the Copa del Rey, the German has closed out an amazing campaign with a domestic treble.
Unbeaten since late December in domestic competition, Barcelona beat Real Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup in January and then the Copa del Rey.
In his very first season on the blaugrana bench, Flick also took Barca to the semi-final of the Champions League, where they lost to Inter Milan in a hard-fought two-legged game by 7-6. Nonetheless, after the terrible 2023-24 season, the former German national and Bayern Munich coach led Barca to greater heights this season.
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Flick credited the team atmosphere for Barca’s achievements this year. He said, “The family we’ve created. Everyone works with passion and knows their role is important. That has helped me enormously in reaching our goals.”
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More than that, “the dressing-room atmosphere… I’ve never experienced anything like it. Everyone looks out for one another, and that’s unique … Now, it’s time to celebrate. We wanted to respect Espanyol’s fans, so we celebrated in the locker room, as we should. Tomorrow, at the victory parade, I’ll stay a bit in the background. When I see people happy and smiling, I’m happy. Let everyone enjoy the parade. It’s my first one here. I only had one with the German national team, and I’m really looking forward to it.”
“A lot of work is being done, with a lot of passion and a great mentality… It’s really nice to see this family we have created. How we take care of each other. It’s unique, I’m delighted,” he added.
Barca is not just about one player
Flick also heaped praises on teenage sensation Lamine Yamal, who opened the scoring against Espanyol with a superb strike in the second half, but insisted that Barcelona are much more than just the 17-year-old winger.
“It’s Barcelona’s La Liga. It’s not about one player, of course Lamine has been important, but we are a team and that’s the most important thing. The team as a whole,” Flick said.
