Hansi Flick equals Guardiola as the second Barça coach to achieve five wins in six games against Real Madrid.
Hansi Flick arrived at a depressive and chaotic Barcelona in the summer of 2024 to give it an injection of competitiveness and a winning gene that allows the Camp Nou to live in a state of celebration.
And not only that: Barcelona fans have gone from having four consecutive defeats against Madrid to being the owner of the classics by defeating their eternal rival up to five times, three of them in finals.
Return to the history of the Classics
Flick landed in Barcelona with Madrid as the clear dominator of the historic duel with 105 wins compared to 100 for the Blaugranas. The five wins in six Clásicos since the German’s arrival have changed history and leave the Blaugranas just one win away from equaling Madrid’s 106 victories. That, without taking into account that Flick was not on the Bernabéu bench in his Barça’s only defeat against Madrid due to a suspension.
The former Bayern Munich player has also reduced the gap in goals scored. Before he arrived, Madrid led Barça by 14 goals; Now, after several victories, only five goals separate merengues and culés.
Barcelona, with a winning personality
Because Flick has not only implemented an offensive style of play, high pressing and tactical solutions that make him one of the best coaches in the world.
In addition to his script, Flick has given Barça a winning personality that the team did not have before his arrival and that even has a cultural impact on Catalan society.
Flick, the undisputed leader of this Barcelona team, is a brave guy who came to a town that, by tradition and history, took possible risks into account more than successes when weighed.
And the German, who has positioned himself above any star in the locker room from day one, has achieved:
1. Convince everyone that your style, beyond the risks and fears it may entail, is indisputable.
2. Provide an iron jaw to a team that had a tendency to fall on the first blows. Remember Liverpool, Rome, the loss to Flick’s own Bayern or many other black nights in Europe.
3. Win, win without stopping.
Because Flick’s Barça sometimes wins by a landslide, but other times it does so by details, by conviction, by impetus and by personality.
And that, in a club where to win almost always had to be close to perfection, also has merit.
Hansi Flick’s Barça is beautiful, exciting, fun and brave, yes. But, above all, they are a winning team.
And there is only one person responsible for that merit: his coach.
