Champions League: The revolution of the nice Hansi: Flicks Happiness in Barcelona

Hansi Flick cannot be stressed out. For weeks you have been looking forward to the yes word of your trainer at FC Barcelona. Please finally extend his contract – if only for a year. “Flick knows that we want this phase to last as long as possible,” said President Joan Laporta. “Hansi prefers short terms, you can see that in his current contract.”

This “phase” is celebrated by quite a few as a revolution, as the birth of a new Barças. On Saturday there was the first title with the cup victory against Real Madrid, on Wednesday (9:00 p.m./DAZN) the next step to the first triumph in the Champions League has been followed in the semi-final first leg against Inter Milan. And since Barcelona is very close to the championship, they dream around the triple around the Plaça de Catalunya.

“The team worldwide that needs to be beaten”

The worship of Flick may be astonishing from a German perspective. Finally, after the inglorious gray geese lecture in the World Cup documentary and his early end as a national coach, he was disenchanted. In Barcelona, ​​the 59-year-old was received anything but euphoric. “He was unemployed, nobody expected him,” Ramon Besa told the “Spiegel”. The journalist has been accompanying the Blaugrana for the newspaper “El País” for decades and now says: “And so we are now all living in paradise.”

Flick managed to drive the joy of playing the highly assessed Barça team with his need for harmony and his persistence on discipline to a maximum. “How dominant you play is incredible,” said former Bayern professional Thiago. “You are currently the team worldwide to beat.”

As with his time crowned with the triple at Bayern, Flick is a human catcher, does not leave anyone behind. “Hansi Flick is like a father to us. He takes care of us,” said midfielder Pedri. “He supports you if you don’t play. He always tries to help you.”

Lewandowski’s X-Ter Spring

During the national team time, the impression came up, so the players danced flick around on the nose at some point. In Barcelona, ​​the German you are looking for so long. “Barça stuck in a roundabout. You do rounds and even more rounds and say that the exit has to be here, but you don’t find it,” said Besa. Then Flick came and showed them the way.

The craftsman from the Kurpfalz integrates players from the famous La Masia Academy. He tickles out as flops stamped professionals such as Raphinha top services. And even the now 36 -year -old Robert Lewandowski meets again as in the best of time. 25 goals in 31 league games, eleven goals in twelve appearances in the premier class. He will probably be missing against Inter, the thigh pinched.

No seller, just human

A foreign minister, a seller is still not a flick. But they appreciate that on him. He is not self -controlled, not instructive, not knowledgeable. Flick listens. Flick accepts. Flick takes away. He has the best point cut since Luis Enrique, could step into the footsteps of today’s PSG coach and that of the Pep Guardiola, who is still revered in Barcelona.

The success is also noteworthy due to the numerous background noises. Of course, a club like Barça always brings them with it, but this season you went one step further. Huge financial problems plagued the club in summer, with this accompanying the transfer theater around Dani Olmo, which could not be registered for a long time. Protests against laporta were loud.

The president, who had fetched the patch of Ralf Rangnick on the recommendation of Ralf Rangnick, was allowed to play at some point. Now is harvest time. In the championship, Barcelona is four points before the second (of course real) five games before the end, and the contract extension with Flick by 2027 should only be a matter of form. A victory in the Champions League in the final in Munich would also be a very personal coronation. He has never lost a final in seven attempts.