Barcelona players celebrated the club's 28th LABERA title with thousands of fans in an open bus victory parade on Friday, but coach Hansi Flick quickly reminded them that the season was not over yet.
Flick, who led Barcelona to the league title, Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup in his debut season, said he needed his players to concentrate on completing the campaign on a high.
“Yesterday was a holiday and peace. Many players went to party, but the one who can party can work, it's not an excuse. I want to end the season when we started it,” Flick told reporters on Saturday, a day before he organized Villarreal.
“It is the last time we play at home and we want to win. We want to end the season as champions. We did not lose in 2025 (in the competition) and we want to keep it that way.”
Flick said he was overwhelmed by the passion of the supporters during the celebrations.
“It was incredible to see the faces, the passion of the people, how they celebrated. It was fantastic to see,” said the coach.
“It would be great to celebrate year after year. Maybe we can do it again next year. We will work for it. It's everyone's title.”
Flick said that his team would experience a difficult task against the fifth Villarreal, where visitors want to take care of the qualification of the Champions League with a top five finish in the last two games of the campaign.
“We play against great teams and Villarreal have done fantastic work, they have won their last four games. You can see the hand of their coach and they have important players,” he added.
Asked if he could start with 11 -grown players on Sunday, Flick said the idea was discussed in the club.
“To be honest, we talked about it internally, but we didn't decide. That could be. We wait until tomorrow to see what the team is like,” he said.