Barcelona boss Hansi Flick spoke about several of his players after seeing his team make it two wins out of two in La Liga with a victory over Athletic Club. Flick was full of praise for several of his stars after the game and also offered an update on Dani Olmo who is still waiting …
HALFTIME, Barcelona 1-1 Athletic: The first half ends all square despite Barça’s dominance as the home team had more of the ball and created better chances, but are unable to take a lead into the break thanks to a few misses and an unlucky penalty. 42’ GOAL, Barcelona 1-1 Athletic (Sancet pen): Athletic equalize as …
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has sent out a pretty strong warning to his players as he continues preparations for the new season. The German coach has already stressed the importance he places on physical fitness and now says he wants to see full effort on the training ground at all times. “I’ve told the players: …
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has given a new interview to Barca One and spoken about a range of topics relating to the club right now. Laporta explained his decision to axe Xavi, which we covered right here, but also spoke about transfers, Hansi Flick and moving to the Camp Nou. Here are the main topics: …
Barcelona midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has said he’s expecting plenty of things to change at the club as Hansi Flick replaces Xavi as manager. Flick has signed a two-year deal with the Catalans and will link up with Gundogan again after working with him previously at international level. Here’s what Gundogan makes of it all: “We …
Barcelona have come in for criticism for the way they have treated Xavi, and other club legends, by Sevilla boss Quique Sánchez Flores. The club have opted to part ways with Xavi just weeks after confirming he would be staying on for another season as manager. Xavi’s final game in charge will be on Sunday …
Barcelona players have been saying goodbye to Xavi after the club confirmed he would not continue as first-team coach. Lamine Yamal was one of the first to post a message to Xavi, thanking the coach for trusting him at such a young age and making him a regular in the first team. “Thank you for …
Barcelona wrap up second spot Barcelona have struggled against Rayo in recent seasons but had no such problems on Sunday as goals from Robert Lewandowski and Pedri secured a 3-0 win at Montjuic. Xavi’s side headed into the match having failed to win any of their last five games against Rayo and also having failed …
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen was at a loss to explain his team’s defeat to Girona on Saturday in La Liga. The hosts came from 2-1 down to win 4-2 and move above Xavi’s side in the table ahead of the last four games of the season. “It’s difficult to find an explanation. We had …
Xavi is right, the defeat to Girona on Saturday was an encapsulation of Barcelona’s struggles on the season. But it goes even beyond that. Up front, if we are being realistic, we should admit that for competitive players, there really is no such thing as playing for second place. That’s not to say there was …