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    There is a lot at stake for Hansi Flick at Barça

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    “Ridiculous dress rehearsal”
    There is a lot at stake for Hansi Flick at Barça

    Hansi Flick starts the season with FC Barcelona. There is a lot at stake for the former national coach. The fact that big rivals Real Madrid have snagged Kylian Mbappé, probably the world's best player, shouldn't distract the coach and team from their course.

    Hansi Flick wanted to make a good first impression in his new home. And so the former national coach took the microphone somewhat shyly at FC Barcelona's season opening, hesitated for a few seconds – and then delighted the fans with just a few words. “I'm very happy that I'm here,” said the former national coach in fairly decent Catalan. Still a bit bumpy, but enough to cause big cheers.

    But if Flick with Barça on Saturday (9.30 p.m./DAZN and in the live ticker at ntv.de) When the new season starts at FC Valencia, the 59-year-old also knows that the time for niceties is over. After all, there is a lot at stake for Flick: the difficult years with the German national team with the World Cup debacle in Qatar have left their mark and his standing as a coach has declined. But everything is supposed to get better in Spain now. Away from the gray geese and towards sporting success.

    For Flick, the five-time Champions League winner is an “incredible” club. “I could feel it from the first second I arrived here,” he said, and he had already clearly formulated his goals before his debut: “Win ​​the title.” Despite the high pressure, Flick approaches his Catalan chance with optimism. “We have the opportunity to be successful here,” he emphasized at his official presentation. The fact that the big rival Real Madrid has now landed Kylian Mbappé, probably the world's best player, in addition to the already established superstars Vinícius Junior and “Boss” Jude Bellingham, should not dissuade the coach and the team from their course.

    “A first wake-up call”

    After all, there is an extraordinary amount of potential within our own squad. On the offensive, Flick can rely on super dribbler, child prodigy and European champion Lamine Yamal. Former Leipzig player Dani Olmo is another of the Spanish European Championship high-flyers in the squad. There are also Gavi and Pedri, who are also highly traded, as well as defense chief Roland Araujo. However, the interior defender and the young strategist Gavi are currently still injured. In midfield, İlkay Gündoğan will pull the strings, while Marc-André ter Stegen, officially Barça captain this season, will continue to guard the goal. And there is still a Robert Lewandowski in the attack.

    For Flick it is now a matter of forming a playfully strong and successful unit from this collection of stars. Something he hadn't managed to do before at the DFB. The last botched dress rehearsal against the French runner-up AS Monaco also showed how difficult this undertaking will be. In the end it was a clear 0:3 on the scoreboard – and the Spanish press didn't hold back. The performance was “ridiculous” and “devastating,” “a first wake-up call” before the start of the season.

    But Flick remains optimistic about the future. He assured that he was convinced that his charges would show a better performance in the first game of the Primera División. “We didn't play at our normal pace or our normal combinations, we lost a lot of balls,” complained Flick: “I know that the team can play much better.” The opening will provide further answers.

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