I must say I was skeptical about Flick's appointment at the start of the season. His reputation had taken a significant knock after his forgettable reign as German NT head coach. I think that reputation has been fully restored even at this (relatively) early stage of the season. It looks like peak 2020 Bayern all over again.
@@parker-ii7fgThe success of a team largely depends on the compliance of the players. I recall watching a video of Flick in the dressing room and the players looked so disinterested in him talking at the German national team, I don’t know why. I feel like it may have had to do with the ego of the players. You can tell Flick is a no nonsense guy and is probably tough on his players so perhaps they didn’t like it? This is all conjecture, so don’t take my word for it.
@@nerminpeskovic3439well he did some things people would generally find weird, like showing a movie about "Graugänse" (greyleg geese) to the team, which became a meme here in germany after people found out. Now i don't know if he stopped these things or if the barcelona players react better to stuff like that, but obviously it's much better now. I guess he's just better as a club coach. There were issues with player selection and tactics as well, but of course that doesn't mean the players weren't at fault too. It needed some new, hungry players to freshen the team up.
Remember that Bartomeu not only destroyed Barça economically, he had Dani Olmo, Alejandro Grimaldo, André Onana, Marc Cucurella and Xavi Simmons in La Masia, and told all of them to fuck off, preferring to sign random Brazilians only to never even present them 💀 Bartomeu and Rosell were the enemies from the very beginning, I have no fucking clue how the socios voted for president the same two dudes who never stopped saying “we have to end cruyffism”, and antagonized Guardiola every single time until they finally got him to leave the club
@@theannoyedlink5153 because a lot of socios doesnt actually read the candidate project at all , just looking up on social media for big signings this is how Bartomeu won , also as a socio myself i also didnt vote for Laporte because his Project sucks but in time he actually did got a lot of things from the Victor Font project and that actually helped him a lot because i say this again if you read Laporte project its bad from the transfer targets to the ppl around him was meh but he quickly understood that Victor Font project is better and even now i think Victor Font its around the club as an advisor or something.
they're going to get injured though like they are ultimately children playing against men their bodies are not fully developed like even from this video marc bernal plays 3 games looks fantastic does his acl, i don't know how bad it is but that can obviously be a potentially career ending injury for a 17-year-old like it's great that they're good enough but they shouldn't be having to play this much at this level it's not good in the long term, you look at again the example of busquets not starting in la liga till he was 20, messi appearing in 7 and 17 games at 17 and 18 respectively as probably the greatest footballer of all time and then these lads who are undoubtedly very good but just normal very good young players are looking at full seasons before even legally being adults like these midfielders coming in to replace gavi who played 70 games before turning 18 and then was injured and now he has played 14 league games over the past two seasons, pedri missed the majority of his second season and has 110 league appearances at 21, to an extent they're producing academy graduates to replace the burnt-out graduates of 2 years ago
@@theannoyedlink5153 It wasn't those players that caused all that debt. It was a single player: Messi. They paid him hundreds of millions of dollars. He was completely overpaid. No player is worth $130MM. That's 4 Ronaldos or 3 Neymars. Messi was nowhere worth that, even with his marketing power. Imagine if Bartomeu and management refused to pay him and Messi left. They would be similarly vilified. I don't follow Barca but I'm guessing they had to sign random Brazilians because they couldn't afford anything else. Is that right? Second, you said that they angtanogized Guardiloa and others. Unless you actually work in that office, you have no idea how they were treated.
@showwhite7320 If you don't follow Barca, then why act like an expert in the situation? I don't even know why you're trying to defend Bartomeu who was arrested for corruption and paying various companies to set up websites and social media accounts to praise him and damage the reputations of his oppositions including his own players including the likes of Messi. That is why you guys think Messi was the problem. It's all Bartomeu's doing. Yes, his wages was astronomical but his was justified compared to his other teammates. And, plus the revenue he generated for the club was much higher than his salary.
Despite not being a Barcelona fan, I do hope they have a brilliant season so that Lewandowski can finally win his well deserved ballon dor (even though I hate the awards). He's currently outscoring Kane and Haaland at the moment so it is conceivable.
No other Club in Europe other than Real has EVER won the Champions League two times in a row yet alone 3 times in a row. I‘d argue that this is the bigger achievement
@@johnnyjoestar5193 Not since the inception of the Campions League in 1992. Even in the previous Competition Milan was the only team that won the same amount of titles as Real Madrid.
It is so insane Barca did NOT use their academy much after 2015. Instead they’d buy Vidal, Griezmann or Coutinho or other big names and just pray it works out. Using academy players and experienced ones is always the best way
Vidal was not a bad buy. But he got old and didnt have a good backup. Griezmann and Countinho were truly trash buys. Absolutely shit. Still dont understand what went through the minds of bartomeu and his goons when makjng these transactions. Truly idiotic.
What happened was Barcelona relied too much on MSN to the point when Neymar left they panicked and thought a Neymar replacement was needed immediately no matter what cost
@@wallahhabibiiiibartomeu wanted a statement signing in both cases. Further confirming he was a real double agent because he overpaid massively and gave out insane contracts with them.
Really pleased of Flick's start, but also a lot of credit to Xavi that revived the team and gave a lot of youngster a chance. He was treated fairly rough there.
@@jjryan1352 Valverde always pleased the superstars and gave very few opportunities. Koeman directly wanted to sell Gavi and sign Wijnaldum, besides having Barca ranked 9th in league mid season. Xavi developed youngsters, won big trophies again and settled the team on 85-90 points per season, which are the highest points in La Liga Barca had since Luis Enrique.
@@linkbombchu168 absolute nonsense. Koeman was mediocre, but it was Bartomeu who ruined everything. Koeman never got players for his preferred system. And he gave a lot of opportunity to Gavi and Pedri
@kjrom sorry, it was all the difference between Bartomeu and Laporta. Both Koeman and Xavi are mediocre coaches. So what.... one wanted Dutch players and one wanted Spanish. Koeman took up Pedri and Gavi after the preseason....gave them great opportunity to play and start matches. Selective memory or you are just making things up.
Flick style not aligning with Barcelona is the biggest fallacy of them all. Flick’s ball is quite literally the closest to what you would call Barcelona DNA. Just look up matches of Cryuff’s teams or Rinus Michels’ teams
exactly. he is a cruyff purist and is closer to cruyyfs philosophy than even pep. just that hansi has changed his more owards modern game. took pep way longer to do so. this dude was wrong on many things. barca is not the club with most debt. nor do we have a pending case for negreira on match fixing its on money laundring and it wont ever reach a courtroom if it does im extremely surpriced.
Exactly. The newest followers think Barca DNA is Ernesto Valverde, Koeman or Xavi playstyle. Barca DNA is Rinus Michels, Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola playstyle, that of Dutch football, and Flickball is the purest form of that we have seen in a good while. Rinus Michels described Total Football as: "a perfect physical preparation and an unbreakable fighting spirit to harass the rival and never cede innitiative for the entire +90 minutes" which perfectly describes this Barca so far.
Imagine saying Xavi didn’t do well as a manager but he won 2 trophies in his first full season, and taking over from Koeman he brought us from 8th to 2nd
He is okay, but his disaster against PSG is what changed everything. Plus, he deliberately said Barca has no hope of competing against Madrid because of their new signings Mbappe . That infuriates Laporta who think he is not good to navigate Barca to all challenge agead. Flick on the other hand, gives Barca a new light of hope saying that 'this Barca is good enough fight for all titles, not major overhaul needed only some small changes'
@@piotrcieplucha4405 I'm sorry that you don't enjoy humour about the inescapable passing of time and how we all march towards our inevitable death to be funny.
He legit lost his hair managing Barça, it was probably the most stressing time of his life, people don’t understand just how difficult the media assault on Barça players and managers is, legit the worst in the world, the entire Spanish media exists to fuck with you, and since all the Spanish media says the same, world media just repeats what they hear, and suddenly every single media outlet in the world is working to desprestigie you, make you look like shit, throw around lies and destroy your image, the same Pep that now dominates the prem and seems so funny when in press conferences, was devastated by only 4 years in Spain, losing his love for football for a bit 💀 Literally no manager since Cruyff has managed to get off well at the club, Van Gaal came to Barça as the most sought out manager in the world, did an amazing job, but got out as a meme, image that continues to this day
Not suddenly. The club was already going up with Xavi. But then again, the press and media absolutely controlled by Real madrid destroyed Xavi reputation because they saw what could be if he had more time and money
@@ルリ-ruridefinitely. Also the board didnt give Xavi a proper DM replacement after Busquets, so Xavi has had to adapt. Obviously he didnt have the experience that Hansi had to solve the problem, but nonetheless Xavi was doing well for a relatively new coach
@@ルリ-ruri Unfortunately the one player Xavi didn't use from la Masia which would've been the final and perfect fit was Casado. He could've saved Xavi. Despite that Xavi brought Yamal, Cubarsi, Fort, Fermin & Guiu to the first team which helped massively. There's still a lot more to come but he missed that one vital piece in Casado and he paid the price.
Marc Casado's intensity and ability to hold the ball has been so impressive. Part of me is a little disappointed that Xavi didn't see this but I'm glad he's getting his opportunity now!
To be fair, Casado was going to sub for Marc Bernal, the only reason he got to play this much is because Bernal got injured. Which is intriguing since apparently in the younger categories Bernal always was seen as being the better one.
@@Darkko88 true, but his contract was basically up and he wasn’t going to be renewed. Flick apparently watched him before he started and asked to renew his contract. And you’re right, at that point he was still going to be a squad player, but Flick saw something the rest of us didn’t
Xavi’s work on the team the past 2 seasons is so underrated tbh the man picked a trash team and put so much work into building the team flick is using now. won them their first league in 3 years which is impressive for his first full season. He’s got a bright future ahead of him with a bit more experience
@@jjryan1352 our starting 11 when Xavi inherited the team consisted of Dest at RW, Luuk De Jong as a striker, Riqui Puig, Umtiti, Lenglet. We were truly in the trenches
@@rohanraghunath755 Puig? Why even mention him? 4 coaches never used that washout. Two others injured. There were MATS, Alba, Busquets, Pedri, FDJ, Gavi, Coutinho, Dembele, Griezmann, Deepay, Aubameyang. Better luck next time. This fool called Puig a starter 🤦🏻♀️
I appreciate how balanced and well-framed this video is. As a Barça fan, it is always infuriating the way people misunderstand what our issues are and aren't. This was refreshing to watch.
Barca were a banter club not long ago with United even beating them in Europa. Fast forward today Barca are on the right track and United are the only ones still remaining as the banter club CEO
I woke up at 4:30am (always do, work) and thought "Alfie will post a new video at 5am today, he's always on point" and here we are. Love from San Diego, CA. Best football channel on RUclips
Barca facing financial issues made them realize they have the greatest asset in world football which is La Masia. Now pair that with fantastic footballers such as lewandowski kounde raphina etc with a world class coach in hansi flick you get the results they are getting
@@ルリ-ruri After Bayern, Flick was head coach of Germany but lost in WC 2022 group stage, so people were furious with the national team. During that time, because the DFB want to hype up euro 2024 in Germany and their team, invited an amazon documentary crew into his locker. One of the scene was Flick comparing the team to the formation of geese flying, which the players were unimpressed. Therefore, people directed their anger unfairly on Flicks and meme about how the manager was the problem (despite the geese metaphor was also used by Pep to talk about maintaining formation and positional play).
Proof yet again that having the best managers at club level (Enrique being another example) does not automatically guarantee success in international football
And when bernal comes back stronger it's much harder! Fermin, pedri, cassado do a great job but we have a very good midfield on the bench! bernal for cassado, gavi for pedri and fdj or olmo for fermin
The secret to every big team is a solid midfield that works well together, we saw this with Xavi, busqets and Iniesta , experienced technical and fluid, this was the same with Madrid with kroos, modric and casemiro Our issues started the moment one our 3 midfielders retired and then we suffered the most last season with busqets also moving on, Madrid on the hand were able to scale through issues because they were able to replace casemiro who was the least technical among the 3 , now that their most important midfielder (kroos) has left its now an issue for them because they don’t have a replacement We built well with gavi and pedri bet we didn’t have a cdm until Casado and Bernal, now all is needed is time and we should dominate
Its Bartomeu that did terrible job at replacing the mid-field, so thats why Pedri was overplayed that caused a lot injuries. Imagine in 2030 at the World Cup, when Spain has 27 year old Pedri with 25 year old Gavi and 33 year old Rodri in there. Imagine how hard they will dominate their home World Cup then, while they also have 22 year old Yamal, 23 year old Cubarsi and 26 year old Balde in the team. Spain will literally be unstoppable and have easy time winning their home World Cup.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 691) Alternativly you could do "Best German players who played outside the Bundesliga" or something like that if you prefer. I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
I'm telling you, Spain may win the World Cup in 2026 anchored by a starting 11 with 6-7 Barça players similar to the 2010 World Cup run where you had Pedro, Villa, Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Puyol, Busquets. For 2026: Lamine, Olmo, Cubarsí, Balde, Casado, Pedri, and Gavi could be in the starting 11 by then.
@@jeffe_77 Don't be gracious on RUclips. You're supposed to irrationally fight your point whilst abusing his dying grandmother. Come on man. You know the rules.
@@Fiucha8893 Clasico and Bayern line-up: Lewy (50M), Raphi (55M), Fermin (0), Lamine (0), Pedri (10M w/ add ons), Casado (0), Baldé (0), Iñigo (0), Cubarsi (0), Koundé (55M), Peña (0). Not really a galactico team, not really expensive compared to every other top team.
@@Joakim-Buht-Focker That's now that Barcelona is in a bad economic situation. When Barcelona used to have money, they spent millions on Neymar, Dembelé and a few more. Whereas Real Madrid, the "galácticos" team is not even between the top 10 clubs that have spent the most money on the last decade, in fact, Real Madrid has spent less money than Barcelona in the last 10 years. I don't want to take credit away from the fact that Barcelona is doing so good right now, but let's not pretend that they're a humble team and Real Madrid is Man City or some infinite oil money club like that. That's not how it goes.
@@Fiucha8893 Barcelona never really signs their own galactcos for millions, when they always use their La Masia academy in a smart way. The moment Bartomeu tried to make galacticos from millions. He failed miserably with ending up selling thoese players with far smaller prices away, than he orginally bought them with.
@@Jout8-re1ij A failed galáctico signing is still a signing. And you just have to look at Neymar to see my point. Stop pretending that Barcelona is a humble team.
i never understood why fans wanted nico williams so much and were against getting olmo so much. olmo wanted to play for the team unlike nico and it shows in their performances
@@platypus96175tbh Raphinha turning into Ronaldinho was a blessing in disguise. Now Barca can save up money for a world class winger in the future. Messinho in 5 years to replace a declining Raphinha will make Barca even scarier if Messinho turns into the player everyone thinks he will be
@platypus96175 tbh I still think Barca has to make big signings to be able to compete. Just to also depend in La Masia as well. Would you be mad if Barca were to sign Haaland next summer instead of giving a La Masia striker a chance?
Casado to me is like a hybrid of Busquets and Roberto. He has that high work rate and the long pass of Busquets. His only lacking aspect as a Barca CDM is progressive carries, which it can be learnt from the like of Frankie.
I agree with a lot of things said in this video, but one thing I absolutely don't agree with is saying that Flick's philosophy doesn't align with Barca's DNA, if anything it aligns better than anyone else's. Barca seek to take control of the game and play beautiful football, achieving this with their high press and offensive mindset, Barca aren't just tiki taka, Barca teams since Rinus Michels focus on a high press and offensive football, either by quick transitions and hyper aggressive pressure like Flick, or by super high possession and positional play like Pep.
Yeah pressing was always part of total football. Ruthless competitive play encapsulates everything about it. If anything promoting from within just re-envigorates the first team with the principles the manager is already working to.
Barca football is always about embracing and deeply understanding the fundamentals. Cryuff's Dream Team, Pep's Barca were both innovations through a fundamental approach. Flick is doing the same thing - a focus on progressing the ball up the pitch, a high line to squeeze opponents and bolster the intense pressing, and DIRECTness. In today's age of playing out from the back and inverted fullbacks and box midfields, Flick's style is refreshing and simple - and therefore more "Barca"
People still say that his philosophy doesn't allign with Barça and this isn't true. High press and attacking football while having control of the ball is Barça's style and that is Flick's style as well.
the explanation is very simple: Flick coming over, finding the very best juvenile gang of players we have seen in decades... Kudos to Xavi to giving them the opportunity, but Flick brought along the change Barça needed. The rest..., will be history
Yamal hype is real. Didn't believe it until recently, because media always hypes young players, but seeing Messi holding him as a baby (transfering aura obviously) and how he played in Euros/ this year, the kid is inheriting the crown.
Watching Barca absolutely fall apart was genuinely entertaining, but Flick seems to be building something quite special and there's some amazing youth talent coming through
Not suddenly. They have been good since the start of the year. If it wasn't for Araujo and consequently Xavi selling the game against PSG, we would've seen an El Clasico UCL final
Lewy coming back to his 2020 form yamal becoming the generational talent and raphinhas rapid improvement means that hopefully they recreate the new msn
6:34 I'm not sure that statement's entirely correct. Flick's style does differ a lot from the stereotypical thousand-passes "Barça DNA" way, but looking past the stereotype, Flick doesn't depart from Cruyff's maxims Nvm, adressed
As barcelona fans we should hold our breath and be not too excited about the current early achievements. We have to be laid back and see if our team can even maintain that performance till the last quarter of the season. If everything is going well, we can dream about the impossible (you know what i mean😅) #viscabarca
Finally, I can live in happiness now that Barcelona is out of the 6:1 rule (which meanas that every 6 euros the club makes, they are only allowed to spend ONE.) and they are genuinely doing something ever since 2020.
The fact he’s had to do it with so many injuries as well is remarkable, at various stages he’s been without Araujo, Ter Stegan, Christiansen, De Jong, Gavi, Bernal, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Eric Garcia, etc. Araujo and Christensen will be big inclusions over the coming weeks/months
Well you are quite wrong with the style of play... There is no one that has represent the ADN Barca like Flick's... What ADN Barca? "Harass the opponent without respite or respite to regain possession of the ball, and not give up the initiative of the attack to the opponent at any price, having two basic requirements: an unbreakable fighting spirit and perfect physical preparation, without which the system will fail. irremediably collapses" -Rinus Michels Stop believing what the spanish media tells you, because if we start losing (and I know we will lose) the media will start a campaign to harass Flick, just like they did with Xavi.
Only 10 teams have ever won a treble and Barcelona is the first team in Spain to do it and the first team in history to repeat it. Madrid has never won a treble, let alone two.
their squad is absolutely crazy young talented players playing like veterans i believe barca will do it again with their academy if not this season it will be the next
Frenkie de Jong will not be a rotational player, he is way to good for that. People somehow always seem so eager to point ou his flaw, but all managers mainly look at his strengths and he has been starting for every manager since his arrival, whenever available, and in a lot of different roles. The double pivot system also really suits him so he should flourish in Flicks Barcelona. It is much more likely that Gavi will be a rotational player. De Jong will be starting whenever possible, unless he is be sold to plug financial gaps, as when fit he is still a player that every manager would want.
as a Real enthusiast, i think (it is my opinion, to be clear) that Barza were great before El Clásico, but after it, they SUDDENLY became Amazing Again
That and the Munich match to score 4 past them and Madrid and to dominate in the way they did is special it's still early in the season but there the best team in Europe atm
@@taskdon769 how is it hard to like barcelona? imo they're the most likeable club in the world, they develop their own stars and are now rewarded for their investment in their youth system. They feel like a well connected family at times. For me the hardest club to like is Real Madrid, I don't know what it is, maybe the arrogance, the influence over spanish media, etc. In 1 sentence the difference for me is "Barcelona make their own superstars, Madrid buy theirs"
@@JustMe-kv9rz Yes, Barcelona has the world best youth development program in the world. They are the opposite of Real, however Barcelona's arrogance is not any less than Real anyway. The situation in Barcelona that I don't typically like is how they are good in periodically because once they have a core developed, it is harder for younger talents to crack the roster.
The fitness narrative has been lost over time and is a serious reason to Barca's success by all accounts players like Messi/Xavi/Iniesta/Dani Avles were athletic freaks of nature people just dont talk about that cause they dont have the social media Ronaldo esq physics , in the history of football there has probably never been another player who could accelerate and deccelerate faster and stronger than Iniesta and there is definetely no world were a fullback barely 1,70 meters (5.5ft) would be as strong and brutall and stiff like Alves , Messi himself for years was only beatable if you actually full tackled him otherwise he would scuff it up and keep running and both Xavi and Iniesta had the bodies and stamina and constant energy of prime Olympic Athletes despite both of them barely being tall or big enough to hop on a ride at an amusement park Flick's understanding and focus on Athletic strenght allows players to trully play in their best way , they dont train to have a good looking bodies they train to have good working bodies , thats an area where Ronaldo arguably cost himself because he was "overweight" by putting on unnesecary muscle to cater towards his social media presence , that has helped him now that is old to stay within the limits but wasnt optimal for him for his past years , (same reason why bodybuilders and actuall athletes look nothing alike Nate Diaz looks like a dad who walks to work for a workout and he could run circles around guys double his size who are bodybuilders ffs )
I hope to see a video for the following: * The fall of Spanish giants Valencia who are currently bottom of La Liga * The struggling of Brazil, as they could miss out on the World Cup for the first time ever * The possible demise of Inverness CT after only 30 years of existence * The Tony Bloom project which has seen several football clubs including Brighton improve * Aberdeen being title contenders
We’ve seen this movie before…. Barcelona needs to focus on them and not Madrid. Madrid’s recent success made Barcelona make horrible decisions in the name of keeping up. They need to do their own thing.
They are amazing again because there weren't any consequences to their terrible financial mismanagement. Any other team that is much smaller would have already been dissolved
Osasuna were absolutely incredible back at the end of September there. Dismantled Barcelona 4-2. After watching that game I really wasn’t expecting a 4-0 massacre of Real Madrid. Even after pummelling Bayern in midweek. It’s like that loss to Osasuna has just switched them up to another level altogether.
@ Still a fairly sturdy lineup. Lewandowski up front, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Kounde, Cubarsi. Raphinha and Lamal off the bench. Couple of first teamers missing but Osasuna were honestly just deadly infront of goal. Lamals top bag ripper was just a consolation.
We were literally playing without raphinha yamal balde inigo casado that are basically the legs of the current barca. They only came after 60 mins. Flick made a gamble and it cost us. I don't think we'd have dropped a point if we started our best team every game and the defeat against monaco was another silly ter stegen mistake@@craigratio
@@burhan067 Still a strong enough lineup to give Osasuna a good game. I genuinely think Osasuna just played out their skin that night. Zaragoza and Budimir were unplayable. The second goal was a bit special.
@@craigratio not really , maybe good enough in bundesliga but not in an away game in laliga. Flick knew he made a blunder but he didnt have much choice
The balls of Barcelona to play a high line to near perfection against Madrid AT THEIR OWN HOME is why I love this upturn for my club. Flick, despite me being skeptical if I may admit, has turned this team around and we play with our heart again. No more fear, just trust in each other and the coach. I hope this can continue
And to top it all off, my fave creator talks about my fave club, this week is one for the history books! P.S. 20:44 the word “roughly” is doing quite a bit of legwork there 😅
I wasn't expecting any of this. I've been following the team since I lived in Spain from 1994 to 2005. I saw the last good season of Cruyff plus two mediocre ones. Bobby Robson, Van Gaal, the great Radomir Antic, Rijkaard, Guardiola, Tito, Luis Enrique ... Yep, it's crazy!
Fr even arguably the greatest players in one team didnt even have an answer to that definetly got carlo and mbappe losing their minds throughout the match
Noticeably every dark age for Barca is when they stopped relying on La Masia and every rebirth is when they return to La Masia. When Figo left, they bought a bunch of players and it wasn't really working. Then Frank Rijkaard showed up called up a number of La Masia kids...including Messi. Frank's first year he brought up Valdes and Iniesta. Barca is at its best when La Masia is the foundation but big names from around the world is the compliment. Again Frank with Dinho and Eto'o coming in. Also noteably, the 2 more recent rebirths of Barcelona have been under Laporta. Back when Rijkaard came in and after Bartomeu was kicked to the curb.
The team already won a league (the first one in 4 years) brilliantly with Xavi two years ago with 88 points. Last year we had 85 points. We would have won more had it not been for dodgy refereeing. I can count off the top of my head several game where we should have been awarded penalties but didn't. At Getafe on Matchday 1, vs Rayo, etc. Some people are acting as if Flick is inherited a team that did 70 points and struggled to get to champions. The team was already headed in the right direction under Xavi.
Flick became the first manager to take revenge on himself 💀
I must say I was skeptical about Flick's appointment at the start of the season. His reputation had taken a significant knock after his forgettable reign as German NT head coach.
I think that reputation has been fully restored even at this (relatively) early stage of the season. It looks like peak 2020 Bayern all over again.
@@parker-ii7fgThe success of a team largely depends on the compliance of the players.
I recall watching a video of Flick in the dressing room and the players looked so disinterested in him talking at the German national team, I don’t know why.
I feel like it may have had to do with the ego of the players. You can tell Flick is a no nonsense guy and is probably tough on his players so perhaps they didn’t like it? This is all conjecture, so don’t take my word for it.
Yes I read that meme too.
@@nerminpeskovic3439well he did some things people would generally find weird, like showing a movie about "Graugänse" (greyleg geese) to the team, which became a meme here in germany after people found out. Now i don't know if he stopped these things or if the barcelona players react better to stuff like that, but obviously it's much better now. I guess he's just better as a club coach.
There were issues with player selection and tactics as well, but of course that doesn't mean the players weren't at fault too. It needed some new, hungry players to freshen the team up.
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Look what happens when you stop buying overpriced players and integrate La Masia players into the team
Remember that Bartomeu not only destroyed Barça economically, he had Dani Olmo, Alejandro Grimaldo, André Onana, Marc Cucurella and Xavi Simmons in La Masia, and told all of them to fuck off, preferring to sign random Brazilians only to never even present them 💀
Bartomeu and Rosell were the enemies from the very beginning, I have no fucking clue how the socios voted for president the same two dudes who never stopped saying “we have to end cruyffism”, and antagonized Guardiola every single time until they finally got him to leave the club
@@theannoyedlink5153 because a lot of socios doesnt actually read the candidate project at all , just looking up on social media for big signings this is how Bartomeu won , also as a socio myself i also didnt vote for Laporte because his Project sucks but in time he actually did got a lot of things from the Victor Font project and that actually helped him a lot because i say this again if you read Laporte project its bad from the transfer targets to the ppl around him was meh but he quickly understood that Victor Font project is better and even now i think Victor Font its around the club as an advisor or something.
they're going to get injured though like they are ultimately children playing against men their bodies are not fully developed like even from this video marc bernal plays 3 games looks fantastic does his acl, i don't know how bad it is but that can obviously be a potentially career ending injury for a 17-year-old
like it's great that they're good enough but they shouldn't be having to play this much at this level it's not good in the long term, you look at again the example of busquets not starting in la liga till he was 20, messi appearing in 7 and 17 games at 17 and 18 respectively as probably the greatest footballer of all time and then these lads who are undoubtedly very good but just normal very good young players are looking at full seasons before even legally being adults
like these midfielders coming in to replace gavi who played 70 games before turning 18 and then was injured and now he has played 14 league games over the past two seasons, pedri missed the majority of his second season and has 110 league appearances at 21, to an extent they're producing academy graduates to replace the burnt-out graduates of 2 years ago
@@theannoyedlink5153 It wasn't those players that caused all that debt. It was a single player: Messi. They paid him hundreds of millions of dollars. He was completely overpaid. No player is worth $130MM. That's 4 Ronaldos or 3 Neymars. Messi was nowhere worth that, even with his marketing power.
Imagine if Bartomeu and management refused to pay him and Messi left. They would be similarly vilified. I don't follow Barca but I'm guessing they had to sign random Brazilians because they couldn't afford anything else. Is that right?
Second, you said that they angtanogized Guardiloa and others. Unless you actually work in that office, you have no idea how they were treated.
@showwhite7320 If you don't follow Barca, then why act like an expert in the situation? I don't even know why you're trying to defend Bartomeu who was arrested for corruption and paying various companies to set up websites and social media accounts to praise him and damage the reputations of his oppositions including his own players including the likes of Messi. That is why you guys think Messi was the problem. It's all Bartomeu's doing. Yes, his wages was astronomical but his was justified compared to his other teammates. And, plus the revenue he generated for the club was much higher than his salary.
I'm just really impressed by the age dynamics of Barca's front line; 27, 36 and 17. Gives their chemistry an interesting perspective
True
Excellent balance in the squad. Its beautiful
its the same for their backline too
Each one is 10 years apart from the next 😂
The grizzled veteran, the man in his prime and the young prodigy
Despite not being a Barcelona fan, I do hope they have a brilliant season so that Lewandowski can finally win his well deserved ballon dor (even though I hate the awards). He's currently outscoring Kane and Haaland at the moment so it is conceivable.
Respect
Leandowski was robbed in 2020
@@PolakInHolland Definitely. Some would argue he even deserved it in 2021 too.
true. He should at the very least win one in his career
@@JD-hx7ydnah messi was deserving
That was a 50-50 race.
No other Spanish club has EVER won a treble, let alone two.
No other Club in Europe other than Real has EVER won the Champions League two times in a row yet alone 3 times in a row. I‘d argue that this is the bigger achievement
Barca did in 2009
@@gugulethudube2249under Pep and the sextuple has well,and 2015 under Enrique
@@a.e.a.a. inter, liverpool, Nottingham forest, ac milan have won it two times in a row. Ajax and Bayern have won it 3 times in a row....
@@johnnyjoestar5193 Not since the inception of the Campions League in 1992. Even in the previous Competition Milan was the only team that won the same amount of titles as Real Madrid.
It is so insane Barca did NOT use their academy much after 2015. Instead they’d buy Vidal, Griezmann or Coutinho or other big names and just pray it works out. Using academy players and experienced ones is always the best way
Vidal was not a bad buy. But he got old and didnt have a good backup.
Griezmann and Countinho were truly trash buys. Absolutely shit. Still dont understand what went through the minds of bartomeu and his goons when makjng these transactions. Truly idiotic.
What happened was Barcelona relied too much on MSN to the point when Neymar left they panicked and thought a Neymar replacement was needed immediately no matter what cost
@@wallahhabibiiiibartomeu wanted a statement signing in both cases. Further confirming he was a real double agent because he overpaid massively and gave out insane contracts with them.
Griezma,Dembele and Coutiho were all blackmarket buys initiated by our calamitous president bartome
@@wallahhabibiiiiBartameu was a disgrace as a President
Really pleased of Flick's start, but also a lot of credit to Xavi that revived the team and gave a lot of youngster a chance. He was treated fairly rough there.
All Barca coaches give youngsters a chance.
@@jjryan1352 Valverde always pleased the superstars and gave very few opportunities. Koeman directly wanted to sell Gavi and sign Wijnaldum, besides having Barca ranked 9th in league mid season.
Xavi developed youngsters, won big trophies again and settled the team on 85-90 points per season, which are the highest points in La Liga Barca had since Luis Enrique.
Yup these are the fruits of Xavis work after Koeman totally ruined it
@@linkbombchu168 absolute nonsense. Koeman was mediocre, but it was Bartomeu who ruined everything. Koeman never got players for his preferred system. And he gave a lot of opportunity to Gavi and Pedri
@kjrom sorry, it was all the difference between Bartomeu and Laporta. Both Koeman and Xavi are mediocre coaches. So what.... one wanted Dutch players and one wanted Spanish. Koeman took up Pedri and Gavi after the preseason....gave them great opportunity to play and start matches. Selective memory or you are just making things up.
Bartomeu destroyed the best club in the World single handedly, made 0 good decisions, and made more than 100 horrible decisions. F Barto in the az
Facts bro so corrupt
Messi and Ter Stegen really covered his ass for a while
@@SantiagoGarza-bg9wpbro said Ter Stegen 😭
@@Troublesome_96 ter stegen was top 5 GK from 2016-2019
Rosell helped lay the foundation too…. Two criminals
Flick style not aligning with Barcelona is the biggest fallacy of them all. Flick’s ball is quite literally the closest to what you would call Barcelona DNA. Just look up matches of Cryuff’s teams or Rinus Michels’ teams
Guardiola changed the total football style by Rinus and his acolyte Cruyff, Flick returned to basics
@@ChelePinget that’s correct. Heck even Guardiola’s barça was a lot more direct than people remember
exactly. he is a cruyff purist and is closer to cruyyfs philosophy than even pep. just that hansi has changed his more owards modern game. took pep way longer to do so. this dude was wrong on many things. barca is not the club with most debt. nor do we have a pending case for negreira on match fixing its on money laundring and it wont ever reach a courtroom if it does im extremely surpriced.
Exactly. The newest followers think Barca DNA is Ernesto Valverde, Koeman or Xavi playstyle.
Barca DNA is Rinus Michels, Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola playstyle, that of Dutch football, and Flickball is the purest form of that we have seen in a good while.
Rinus Michels described Total Football as: "a perfect physical preparation and an unbreakable fighting spirit to harass the rival and never cede innitiative for the entire +90 minutes" which perfectly describes this Barca so far.
@@sadssadsa5944It's like he got his info on Barcelona exclusevely from pro Madrid media so everything he says is biased.
Imagine saying Xavi didn’t do well as a manager but he won 2 trophies in his first full season, and taking over from Koeman he brought us from 8th to 2nd
9th no?
United fan good manager
He was ok but nothing compared to Flick
He is okay, but his disaster against PSG is what changed everything. Plus, he deliberately said Barca has no hope of competing against Madrid because of their new signings Mbappe . That infuriates Laporta who think he is not good to navigate Barca to all challenge agead. Flick on the other hand, gives Barca a new light of hope saying that 'this Barca is good enough fight for all titles, not major overhaul needed only some small changes'
Having a decent youth set up can do wonders for a football team
Something I wish English football understand.
It's not just decent. It's basically a monster spawner like in Minecraft 😂
@@ironclad-m3qBut man city does tho
@@ayushmanpathak4145 Never thought I'd see a Minecraft analogy used so brilliantly in football 😂
@@ironclad-m3q don't act like Arsenal, Chelsea, City and Linepool don't have Teams build upon their Academy
“Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Memphis Depay” well I never thought that I’ll hear those three names together in the same sentence.
That's the kind of one-liners you truly watch HITC Sevens for. The football knowledge is just a bonus.
Picasso and Dalí are not from from Barcelona 😅
@@jebise718neither is Depay, he didn’t say they were from Barcelona he said they all lived there at some point
Memphis is art. 😅
Sounds like a start of a joke. What they got in common 😂
0:20 "bloody hell he's got hair"🤣
OMG THAT'S SO FUNNY HE HAD HAIR AND NOW HE DOESN'T! THAT'S SO FUNNY!!!!
But he didn't have pubic hair back then.
@@piotrcieplucha4405
I'm sorry that you don't enjoy humour about the inescapable passing of time and how we all march towards our inevitable death to be funny.
He legit lost his hair managing Barça, it was probably the most stressing time of his life, people don’t understand just how difficult the media assault on Barça players and managers is, legit the worst in the world, the entire Spanish media exists to fuck with you, and since all the Spanish media says the same, world media just repeats what they hear, and suddenly every single media outlet in the world is working to desprestigie you, make you look like shit, throw around lies and destroy your image, the same Pep that now dominates the prem and seems so funny when in press conferences, was devastated by only 4 years in Spain, losing his love for football for a bit 💀
Literally no manager since Cruyff has managed to get off well at the club, Van Gaal came to Barça as the most sought out manager in the world, did an amazing job, but got out as a meme, image that continues to this day
What’s more shocking is how young Laporta looks
Not suddenly. The club was already going up with Xavi. But then again, the press and media absolutely controlled by Real madrid destroyed Xavi reputation because they saw what could be if he had more time and money
Gavi injury destroy xavi team. Xavi barca is cooking before that
@@ルリ-ruridefinitely. Also the board didnt give Xavi a proper DM replacement after Busquets, so Xavi has had to adapt. Obviously he didnt have the experience that Hansi had to solve the problem, but nonetheless Xavi was doing well for a relatively new coach
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Unfortunately the one player Xavi didn't use from la Masia which would've been the final and perfect fit was Casado. He could've saved Xavi. Despite that Xavi brought Yamal, Cubarsi, Fort, Fermin & Guiu to the first team which helped massively. There's still a lot more to come but he missed that one vital piece in Casado and he paid the price.
So true
It’s also because he is catalan
Ditto. Xavi IS Barcelona thru and thru.
Marc Casado's intensity and ability to hold the ball has been so impressive. Part of me is a little disappointed that Xavi didn't see this but I'm glad he's getting his opportunity now!
could just be similar to gravenberch and slot, just needed the right system in order to thrive
To be fair, Casado was going to sub for Marc Bernal, the only reason he got to play this much is because Bernal got injured. Which is intriguing since apparently in the younger categories Bernal always was seen as being the better one.
@@Darkko88 true, but his contract was basically up and he wasn’t going to be renewed. Flick apparently watched him before he started and asked to renew his contract. And you’re right, at that point he was still going to be a squad player, but Flick saw something the rest of us didn’t
Xavi’s work on the team the past 2 seasons is so underrated tbh the man picked a trash team and put so much work into building the team flick is using now. won them their first league in 3 years which is impressive for his first full season. He’s got a bright future ahead of him with a bit more experience
Trash team? What drivel. Mediocre coaches was the problem.
Yeah, he improved us greatly, but we hit a ceiling
@@jjryan1352 our starting 11 when Xavi inherited the team consisted of Dest at RW, Luuk De Jong as a striker, Riqui Puig, Umtiti, Lenglet. We were truly in the trenches
@@jjryan1352oh you haven't seen our starting 11's at the time.
@@rohanraghunath755 Puig? Why even mention him? 4 coaches never used that washout. Two others injured. There were MATS, Alba, Busquets, Pedri, FDJ, Gavi, Coutinho, Dembele, Griezmann, Deepay, Aubameyang. Better luck next time. This fool called Puig a starter 🤦🏻♀️
I appreciate how balanced and well-framed this video is. As a Barça fan, it is always infuriating the way people misunderstand what our issues are and aren't. This was refreshing to watch.
They CHOSE to misunderstand
4:13 "to the city that at one stage, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Memphis Depay all called home"
absolute poetry
The holy trinity
😂😂
Barca were a banter club not long ago with United even beating them in Europa. Fast forward today Barca are on the right track and United are the only ones still remaining as the banter club CEO
AC Milan as well.
seems utd ruined ya childhood more than ya father🤣
Dude stop projecting
@@stavroshadjiyiannis6283this aged well 😂😂
@@NileCrocodile191 Are you trying to say that AC Milan are back? They are not.
I woke up at 4:30am (always do, work) and thought "Alfie will post a new video at 5am today, he's always on point" and here we are. Love from San Diego, CA. Best football channel on RUclips
You should get a job where you predict when Alfie will upload a video.
Robbing petrol stations@YuriTarded7
I finally feel hope again after the Goat left us.
🙏
Barca facing financial issues made them realize they have the greatest asset in world football which is La Masia. Now pair that with fantastic footballers such as lewandowski kounde raphina etc with a world class coach in hansi flick you get the results they are getting
You would not believe how much the Flick appointment was memed in Germany. Apparently geese fly better in Barcelona.
What kind of meme? 8-2 one is expected but idk about anything else
Unrelated, but that's a really cool profile pic
@@ルリ-ruri After Bayern, Flick was head coach of Germany but lost in WC 2022 group stage, so people were furious with the national team. During that time, because the DFB want to hype up euro 2024 in Germany and their team, invited an amazon documentary crew into his locker. One of the scene was Flick comparing the team to the formation of geese flying, which the players were unimpressed. Therefore, people directed their anger unfairly on Flicks and meme about how the manager was the problem (despite the geese metaphor was also used by Pep to talk about maintaining formation and positional play).
Nah, we knew it could only go great, because Heiko Westermann was with him
Because Hansi Flick is a club manager not national team head coach.
Proof yet again that having the best managers at club level (Enrique being another example) does not automatically guarantee success in international football
@@carlosbarton763Enrique wasn’t a great manager either. He got heavily carried by MSN
hecc its H A N S I
Thank you for highlighting Casado. He has been a revelation this season. FDJ and Gavi will have a hard time displacing from the starting lineup
And when bernal comes back stronger it's much harder! Fermin, pedri, cassado do a great job but we have a very good midfield on the bench! bernal for cassado, gavi for pedri and fdj or olmo for fermin
Hansi Flick needs them for squad depth for several competitions like league, cup, and CL.
The secret to every big team is a solid midfield that works well together, we saw this with Xavi, busqets and Iniesta , experienced technical and fluid, this was the same with Madrid with kroos, modric and casemiro
Our issues started the moment one our 3 midfielders retired and then we suffered the most last season with busqets also moving on, Madrid on the hand were able to scale through issues because they were able to replace casemiro who was the least technical among the 3 , now that their most important midfielder (kroos) has left its now an issue for them because they don’t have a replacement
We built well with gavi and pedri bet we didn’t have a cdm until Casado and Bernal, now all is needed is time and we should dominate
Its Bartomeu that did terrible job at replacing the mid-field, so thats why Pedri was overplayed that caused a lot injuries. Imagine in 2030 at the World Cup, when Spain has 27 year old Pedri with 25 year old Gavi and 33 year old Rodri in there. Imagine how hard they will dominate their home World Cup then, while they also have 22 year old Yamal, 23 year old Cubarsi and 26 year old Balde in the team. Spain will literally be unstoppable and have easy time winning their home World Cup.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 691)
Alternativly you could do "Best German players who played outside the Bundesliga" or something like that if you prefer.
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
This video needs making on dedication alone.
Surely in 691 days you'd have changed your mind and thought of something else? Not saying it's not a good idea but 691 days is a long time.
Vouch
@HITCSevens come see this dedicated viewer
But just premier league or generally English first division? Cause if its just the premier it won't be very interesting
I'm telling you, Spain may win the World Cup in 2026 anchored by a starting 11 with 6-7 Barça players similar to the 2010 World Cup run where you had Pedro, Villa, Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Puyol, Busquets. For 2026: Lamine, Olmo, Cubarsí, Balde, Casado, Pedri, and Gavi could be in the starting 11 by then.
I LOVE everything tha you just said, but Casado would not start ahead of Rodri.
@ Good Point!
@@jeffe_77 Don't be gracious on RUclips. You're supposed to irrationally fight your point whilst abusing his dying grandmother. Come on man. You know the rules.
Let Flick cook a little longer with Inaki Pena.
All we need is pena to step up and we might reincarnate casillas
It’s so easy to love Barcelona at the minute, the front three is electric and it’s lovely to see that happen to the galacticos
You're talking like Barcelona didn't sign their own galácticos for millions.
@@Fiucha8893 Clasico and Bayern line-up: Lewy (50M), Raphi (55M), Fermin (0), Lamine (0), Pedri (10M w/ add ons), Casado (0), Baldé (0), Iñigo (0), Cubarsi (0), Koundé (55M), Peña (0). Not really a galactico team, not really expensive compared to every other top team.
@@Joakim-Buht-Focker That's now that Barcelona is in a bad economic situation. When Barcelona used to have money, they spent millions on Neymar, Dembelé and a few more. Whereas Real Madrid, the "galácticos" team is not even between the top 10 clubs that have spent the most money on the last decade, in fact, Real Madrid has spent less money than Barcelona in the last 10 years.
I don't want to take credit away from the fact that Barcelona is doing so good right now, but let's not pretend that they're a humble team and Real Madrid is Man City or some infinite oil money club like that. That's not how it goes.
@@Fiucha8893
Barcelona never really signs their own galactcos for millions, when they always use their La Masia academy in a smart way. The moment Bartomeu tried to make galacticos from millions. He failed miserably with ending up selling thoese players with far smaller prices away, than he orginally bought them with.
@@Jout8-re1ij A failed galáctico signing is still a signing. And you just have to look at Neymar to see my point. Stop pretending that Barcelona is a humble team.
i never understood why fans wanted nico williams so much and were against getting olmo so much. olmo wanted to play for the team unlike nico and it shows in their performances
Well, no one expected raphinha to work especially in this new position that nico was supposed to play like he does in the Spain selection
@@fernandocosta4182 idk i always felt that raphinha was very good since the psg match and never saw a need to replace him
@@platypus96175tbh Raphinha turning into Ronaldinho was a blessing in disguise. Now Barca can save up money for a world class winger in the future. Messinho in 5 years to replace a declining Raphinha will make Barca even scarier if Messinho turns into the player everyone thinks he will be
@@Troublesome_96 hope barca learned their lesson after dembele and co
@platypus96175 tbh I still think Barca has to make big signings to be able to compete. Just to also depend in La Masia as well. Would you be mad if Barca were to sign Haaland next summer instead of giving a La Masia striker a chance?
Never thought I would hear Dali, Picasso and Depay on the same phrase hahahahahhaah thanks for that my friend!
Alfie keep an eye on Atletico Madrid this season
You may have to make a “What on Earth is going on at Atletico Madrid” by the end of the season
Casado to me is like a hybrid of Busquets and Roberto. He has that high work rate and the long pass of Busquets. His only lacking aspect as a Barca CDM is progressive carries, which it can be learnt from the like of Frankie.
Such a shame Bernal got hurt, Casado has been better than expected but Bernal could be something special
Champions league bout to be crazy
Talking about the knockouts by the way nobody cares about the weird league phase thing
Actually kinda like the new league phase because its just chaotic
Just because you don't care about the league phase doesn't mean we dont@@kyufuyuvbvbllymjnncuhuhbuh7538
I agree with a lot of things said in this video, but one thing I absolutely don't agree with is saying that Flick's philosophy doesn't align with Barca's DNA, if anything it aligns better than anyone else's. Barca seek to take control of the game and play beautiful football, achieving this with their high press and offensive mindset, Barca aren't just tiki taka, Barca teams since Rinus Michels focus on a high press and offensive football, either by quick transitions and hyper aggressive pressure like Flick, or by super high possession and positional play like Pep.
Yeah pressing was always part of total football. Ruthless competitive play encapsulates everything about it. If anything promoting from within just re-envigorates the first team with the principles the manager is already working to.
This team is so young they could dominate for a decade. Finding a new 9 is the only issue.
Yes, that's hard!!!!
Lewandowski can get his rightful Ballon D’or from 2020 if he continues this form.
And his rival might even be Raphinha if he continues his great form as well.
barba are cooking.
He was supposed to get it in 2022 were it not for the WC that season.
Barca football is always about embracing and deeply understanding the fundamentals. Cryuff's Dream Team, Pep's Barca were both innovations through a fundamental approach. Flick is doing the same thing - a focus on progressing the ball up the pitch, a high line to squeeze opponents and bolster the intense pressing, and DIRECTness. In today's age of playing out from the back and inverted fullbacks and box midfields, Flick's style is refreshing and simple - and therefore more "Barca"
well spoken
People still say that his philosophy doesn't allign with Barça and this isn't true. High press and attacking football while having control of the ball is Barça's style and that is Flick's style as well.
Cruyff used that same philosophy but once pep took over tiki taka became the norm
Barcelona is the football definition of "It's so Over" "We are so back!"
Top content all the way from Kenya Alfie...I have been waiting for this week's episode with anticipation 😊
Wait, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Memphis Depay were housemates? Must have been one crazy gaff.
Thanks
Legend says madrid is still looking for a comeback but mbappe is still offside😅😅😅
😂😂
the explanation is very simple: Flick coming over, finding the very best juvenile gang of players we have seen in decades... Kudos to Xavi to giving them the opportunity, but Flick brought along the change Barça needed. The rest..., will be history
Lewandowski probably also has a big impact on those young guys as he is well known for his professional attitude.
I think that Barca is a great club because of it football idealism and love for the game beyond just winning
Yamal hype is real. Didn't believe it until recently, because media always hypes young players, but seeing Messi holding him as a baby (transfering aura obviously) and how he played in Euros/ this year, the kid is inheriting the crown.
The whole media thing really reminds me of that meme: "This would really upset Flick if he could read"
Watching Barca absolutely fall apart was genuinely entertaining, but Flick seems to be building something quite special and there's some amazing youth talent coming through
Whenever Real Madrid beats a world beater team,Barca always cook
Enjoy Vini's Ballon D'or😂
@@toothlezz16 rodri is on fire ur defense is terrified
Suddenly? It’s a project. Xavi started it and the fruit are being seen by flick
La Masia is so unfair. They produce incredible talents like it’s nothing.
Mostly down to the manager and the youth like Lamine Yamal
I hope we keep this up! I'm really happy with how we're performing this season. Flick really transformed the team.
Not suddenly. They have been good since the start of the year. If it wasn't for Araujo and consequently Xavi selling the game against PSG, we would've seen an El Clasico UCL final
Because they have.
Robert. Lewandowski. Super Lewy.
Hes a goal machine
@bruh-jj4xj Aka the body
@@ReadytoDiveIn goal goal goal
Lewy coming back to his 2020 form yamal becoming the generational talent and raphinhas rapid improvement means that hopefully they recreate the new msn
6:34 I'm not sure that statement's entirely correct. Flick's style does differ a lot from the stereotypical thousand-passes "Barça DNA" way, but looking past the stereotype, Flick doesn't depart from Cruyff's maxims
Nvm, adressed
Hansi not speaking Spanish: "I can't hear you!"
As barcelona fans we should hold our breath and be not too excited about the current early achievements.
We have to be laid back and see if our team can even maintain that performance till the last quarter of the season.
If everything is going well, we can dream about the impossible (you know what i mean😅) #viscabarca
So much lamasia players there hearts beat for barca!!!
Finally, I can live in happiness now that Barcelona is out of the 6:1 rule (which meanas that every 6 euros the club makes, they are only allowed to spend ONE.) and they are genuinely doing something ever since 2020.
I love Xavi but him leaving was for the best. His man selection was infuriating and we never won a game comfortably the way we do now.
The fact he’s had to do it with so many injuries as well is remarkable, at various stages he’s been without Araujo, Ter Stegan, Christiansen, De Jong, Gavi, Bernal, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Eric Garcia, etc.
Araujo and Christensen will be big inclusions over the coming weeks/months
Well you are quite wrong with the style of play... There is no one that has represent the ADN Barca like Flick's...
What ADN Barca? "Harass the opponent without respite or respite to regain possession of the ball, and not give up the initiative of the attack to the opponent at any price, having two basic requirements: an unbreakable fighting spirit and perfect physical preparation, without which the system will fail. irremediably collapses" -Rinus Michels
Stop believing what the spanish media tells you, because if we start losing (and I know we will lose) the media will start a campaign to harass Flick, just like they did with Xavi.
0:21 bro really said "buskets" 😭
That photo at 0:17 was heartbreaking😢
Thank God this phase is over now✅️❤️
Only 10 teams have ever won a treble and Barcelona is the first team in Spain to do it and the first team in history to repeat it.
Madrid has never won a treble, let alone two.
Madrid the only team to win more than 10 ucls no club even has half of Madrid ucl go cry
@@mr-ov5gt
Ucl is an overrated knockout tournament 😂
@@DanielJPani laliga is a farmers league 💀💀
@@mr-ov5gt
The Premier league is more of a farmers league than laliga😂
their squad is absolutely crazy young talented players playing like veterans i believe barca will do it again with their academy if not this season it will be the next
Frenkie de Jong will not be a rotational player, he is way to good for that. People somehow always seem so eager to point ou his flaw, but all managers mainly look at his strengths and he has been starting for every manager since his arrival, whenever available, and in a lot of different roles. The double pivot system also really suits him so he should flourish in Flicks Barcelona. It is much more likely that Gavi will be a rotational player. De Jong will be starting whenever possible, unless he is be sold to plug financial gaps, as when fit he is still a player that every manager would want.
just half an hour ago i was on here checking if you'd released a new video, and lo and behold my prayers were answered
Stop praying to Alfie. He's a false teen idol.
as a Real enthusiast, i think (it is my opinion, to be clear) that Barza were great before El Clásico, but after it, they SUDDENLY became Amazing Again
That and the Munich match to score 4 past them and Madrid and to dominate in the way they did is special it's still early in the season but there the best team in Europe atm
It is always hard to like Barcelona, it always feels so toxic.
@@taskdon769 how is it hard to like barcelona? imo they're the most likeable club in the world, they develop their own stars and are now rewarded for their investment in their youth system. They feel like a well connected family at times. For me the hardest club to like is Real Madrid, I don't know what it is, maybe the arrogance, the influence over spanish media, etc. In 1 sentence the difference for me is "Barcelona make their own superstars, Madrid buy theirs"
@@JustMe-kv9rz Yes, Barcelona has the world best youth development program in the world. They are the opposite of Real, however Barcelona's arrogance is not any less than Real anyway. The situation in Barcelona that I don't typically like is how they are good in periodically because once they have a core developed, it is harder for younger talents to crack the roster.
@@taskdon769no Madrid player was included in October team of the month, I think they should boycott la liga
Barcelona is a special club
please make a video about the welsh football pyramid and its interesting history and unique situation 🏴
Video request: How is Hugo Broos turning South Africa into a giant again on the African continent
Alfie, we need to talk about the Ballon D’Or fiasco.
yes, real Madrid's boycott was embarrassing
We were not up to mark but weren't really that bad. We won the league last season and had a decent ucl run this season
The fitness narrative has been lost over time and is a serious reason to Barca's success
by all accounts players like Messi/Xavi/Iniesta/Dani Avles were athletic freaks of nature people just dont talk about that cause they dont have the social media Ronaldo esq physics , in the history of football there has probably never been another player who could accelerate and deccelerate faster and stronger than Iniesta and there is definetely no world were a fullback barely 1,70 meters (5.5ft) would be as strong and brutall and stiff like Alves , Messi himself for years was only beatable if you actually full tackled him otherwise he would scuff it up and keep running and both Xavi and Iniesta had the bodies and stamina and constant energy of prime Olympic Athletes despite both of them barely being tall or big enough to hop on a ride at an amusement park
Flick's understanding and focus on Athletic strenght allows players to trully play in their best way , they dont train to have a good looking bodies they train to have good working bodies , thats an area where Ronaldo arguably cost himself because he was "overweight" by putting on unnesecary muscle to cater towards his social media presence , that has helped him now that is old to stay within the limits but wasnt optimal for him for his past years , (same reason why bodybuilders and actuall athletes look nothing alike Nate Diaz looks like a dad who walks to work for a workout and he could run circles around guys double his size who are bodybuilders ffs )
I hope to see a video for the following:
* The fall of Spanish giants Valencia who are currently bottom of La Liga
* The struggling of Brazil, as they could miss out on the World Cup for the first time ever
* The possible demise of Inverness CT after only 30 years of existence
* The Tony Bloom project which has seen several football clubs including Brighton improve
* Aberdeen being title contenders
Always love it when clubs use youth products and win
A piece of a great summarising, massive.
finally. a positive barca video. been awhile
Aaannndddd it’s gone
Cole Palmer with the press: What…?
Hansi Flick in the press: Che….?
this video jinxed them they been absolutely dreadful the past 4-5 weeks.
Please do a video on what a nasty pathetic club Real Madrid are
That nasty pathetic club has won more UCLs in the last decade than Barcelona in their entire story.
Amazing video!!
Our moto is “More than a club” for a reason, not just decoration.
Amazing timing Alfie. As an ardent Barcelona hater, I appreciate it.
We’ve seen this movie before…. Barcelona needs to focus on them and not Madrid. Madrid’s recent success made Barcelona make horrible decisions in the name of keeping up. They need to do their own thing.
Give praise to Flick. He was so blamed for Germany’s failure but his talent is unquestioned.
They are amazing again because there weren't any consequences to their terrible financial mismanagement. Any other team that is much smaller would have already been dissolved
Barce isn't just any other team. It will never be dissolved as it is owned by the fans
Would you like some pepper with your salt? 😂
You don't have a clue
Osasuna were absolutely incredible back at the end of September there.
Dismantled Barcelona 4-2.
After watching that game I really wasn’t expecting a 4-0 massacre of Real Madrid.
Even after pummelling Bayern in midweek.
It’s like that loss to Osasuna has just switched them up to another level altogether.
Barça rotated heavily against Osasuna
@ Still a fairly sturdy lineup. Lewandowski up front, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Kounde, Cubarsi. Raphinha and Lamal off the bench.
Couple of first teamers missing but Osasuna were honestly just deadly infront of goal.
Lamals top bag ripper was just a consolation.
We were literally playing without raphinha yamal balde inigo casado that are basically the legs of the current barca. They only came after 60 mins. Flick made a gamble and it cost us.
I don't think we'd have dropped a point if we started our best team every game and the defeat against monaco was another silly ter stegen mistake@@craigratio
@@burhan067 Still a strong enough lineup to give Osasuna a good game. I genuinely think Osasuna just played out their skin that night.
Zaragoza and Budimir were unplayable.
The second goal was a bit special.
@@craigratio not really , maybe good enough in bundesliga but not in an away game in laliga.
Flick knew he made a blunder but he didnt have much choice
The balls of Barcelona to play a high line to near perfection against Madrid AT THEIR OWN HOME is why I love this upturn for my club. Flick, despite me being skeptical if I may admit, has turned this team around and we play with our heart again. No more fear, just trust in each other and the coach. I hope this can continue
8:45 im crying that’s an amazing tactic😭😭😭😭
And to top it all off, my fave creator talks about my fave club, this week is one for the history books!
P.S. 20:44 the word “roughly” is doing quite a bit of legwork there 😅
I wasn't expecting any of this. I've been following the team since I lived in Spain from 1994 to 2005. I saw the last good season of Cruyff plus two mediocre ones. Bobby Robson, Van Gaal, the great Radomir Antic, Rijkaard, Guardiola, Tito, Luis Enrique ... Yep, it's crazy!
It’s crazy that how they are so good at Offside traps and keep doing that game after game.
Fr even arguably the greatest players in one team didnt even have an answer to that definetly got carlo and mbappe losing their minds throughout the match
Suddenly is not what i would say. We've been building a great squad. Just needed a manager who would take us to the next level.
Noticeably every dark age for Barca is when they stopped relying on La Masia and every rebirth is when they return to La Masia. When Figo left, they bought a bunch of players and it wasn't really working. Then Frank Rijkaard showed up called up a number of La Masia kids...including Messi. Frank's first year he brought up Valdes and Iniesta. Barca is at its best when La Masia is the foundation but big names from around the world is the compliment. Again Frank with Dinho and Eto'o coming in. Also noteably, the 2 more recent rebirths of Barcelona have been under Laporta. Back when Rijkaard came in and after Bartomeu was kicked to the curb.
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To say flick does not encapsulated Barcelona dna is to tell everyone you don't know about FC Barcelona
The team already won a league (the first one in 4 years) brilliantly with Xavi two years ago with 88 points. Last year we had 85 points.
We would have won more had it not been for dodgy refereeing. I can count off the top of my head several game where we should have been awarded penalties but didn't. At Getafe on Matchday 1, vs Rayo, etc.
Some people are acting as if Flick is inherited a team that did 70 points and struggled to get to champions. The team was already headed in the right direction under Xavi.