FC Barcelona: Hansi Flick gets the Spanish double

Overshadow of an accident near the stadium, FC Barcelona and coach Hansi Flick made the double perfectly perfect. After the triumph in the cup final, Barça is also the title in the Spanish championship thanks to the 2-0 (0-0) in the city derby near Espanyol Barcelona thanks to the goals of young star Lamine Yamal (53rd minute) and Fermín López (90.+5). Archrival Real Madrid can no longer catch up with the Flick team on the last two match days of the Primera División.

However, the mood was clouded. A car had driven to a waiting amount of football fans before the derby. According to new police, 15 people were injured near the stadium, none of them were serious. At first, 13 injuries were reported. According to an initial assessment, the police assumed an accident in which an older driver had lost violence over her vehicle, as the newspaper “La Vanguardia” reported.

Perhaps that is why Barça did without an exuberant master party on the lawn. Flick briefly clapped his superstar Yamal and then ordered his players to the cabin. Especially since the lawn sprinklers also approached on the square.

“Above all, the second half of the season was incredible. We didn’t lose a single game, that’s great. Congratulations to the team and the club. We are very happy,” said Flick at Movistar+.

The encounter was briefly interrupted a few minutes after the kick -off. The referee ran to the sidelines and advised himself with those responsible and also a police officer. The game was then continued. The stadium’s loudspeaker system said that nobody was seriously injured.

After that, Barça Lange struggled-but was once more able to rely on a stroke of genius by 17-year-old Yamal. His dream goal from around 17 meters into the goal angle initiated the victory and the 28th championship title from Barça. Record champion Real Madrid, who had already lost the Copa del Rey final against FC Barcelona at the end of last month, is at 36.

After a blow into the belly of Yamal, Espanyol professional Leandro Cabrera (80th) saw the red card due to assault. The gateway to the 2-0 final score in added time was also very worth seeing.

For Flick it is the first championship title abroad. With FC Bayern Munich, he won the German championship in 2020 and 2021. The Catalan season under Flick has only one flaw: the premature end in the European master class. In the semi-finals of the Champions League, his team had delivered two spectacular duels with Bayern conquerors Inter Milan and had left after a 3: 3 and 3: 4 after extra time. “After the semi -finals in Milan, I suffered something,” Flick admitted.

Flick had taken over the club last year as the successor to Xavi and convinced critics with his work and the good results. His contract extension by 2026 should already be fixed orally. According to Hennes Weisweiler and Udo Lattek, he is the third German coach at FC Barcelona.