It was an incredible first few months of 2025 for Barcelona, who can still be losing in a competition since the beginning of January. That run continued on Sunday in unlikely circumstances with a spectacular comeback victory in La Liga Title Rivals Atletico Madrid, and on the back there has been a lot of euphoria in Canca.
Barcelona are the favorites of many people to win multiple games between now and the end of the season. They are in a very strong position in La Liga, and after the exit of Liverpool in the round of 16, there is also a stronger conviction that the Catalans can also take their first Champions League home in 10 years – and this feeling is shared by some players.
This sense of trust and euphoria can be good, but Flick feels uncomfortable with it. And he has moved to ensure that his Barcelona players do not become complacent. According to Diario As, he refuses to talk in the dressing room that his side can win the remaining three trophies that are offered to them this season, while he has also blocked every chatter in which the Catalans were compared with his Bayern side that had already been conquered in 2020.
Flick has made it clear to his Barcelona team that nothing has been won yet, that there is still a long way to go and that titles can only be achieved with effort and humility. And it is certainly true that everything can happen in the last few weeks of the season, and the Catalans only have to look at themselves as an example, given their terrible run at the end of 2024.
Trust is certainly very high within Can Barca at the moment, and that is a good thing. However, Flick is desperate to prevent it from being trusted, and that is very understandable.
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