Barcelona has just experienced a great season, with emotional and dramatic matches that rarely can match. Stressful finals, spectacular comebacks, and the top performances of players like Lamine Yamal have made the team one of the most interesting teams in football history. However, although the team is enjoying the results, coach Hansi Flick has other plans. He not only wants the team to continue promoting strong attacks, but also wants to improve a lot of defense and play.
Flick commented that although Barcelona is creating emotional and attractive matches, the adventure and uncontrolled gameplay in matches is a big problem. He criticized the team that the team did not know how to protect the advantage when leading and constantly attacking impatiently. Specifically, Barcelona did not know how to maintain the score when the lead in some important matches. Coach Flick wants the team to learn how to control the match, instead of pushing the tempo and falling into adventure.
This does not mean that Flick wants Barcelona to abandon the attacking play or reduce the attractiveness of the matches. He acknowledged that the fascinating and powerful play of the team was an important part, but Flick wanted to change the way Barcelona approached dangerous situations. He wanted the players to stop “following the ball” and instead the ability to think strategically, control the situation and draw lessons from previous mistakes.
A remarkable point in Flick’s plan is the improvement of Barcelona’s defense. Although the team has scored many impressive goals this season, they have conceded too much in important matches, such as the confrontation with Inter Milan in the Champions League.
Flick rated Barcelona to need a significant change in the defense approach and need a quality center -back to help the team more stable in the next season. Jonathan Tah, who used to work with Flick at the German team, was included in the target list, and he hoped that this addition would help significantly improve the defense.
Flick also pays special attention to small but important details, such as keeping the ball when needed. In the painful defeat against Inter Milan, when Yamal had the opportunity to score the decisive goal but chose to shoot instead of holding the ball, Barcelona lost the opportunity to enter the final. Flick not only wants the team to attack effectively, but also want them to learn how to end the match coldly, instead of just creating dramatic.
With this adjustment, in the coming time, Barcelona under the guidance of coach Hansi Flick may not be a team that only plays football to please fans. Instead, they will become a strong, resilient team, know how to control all situations and create the stability needed to win.
