Hansi Flick It was strikingly explicit during his last press conference prior to the last official match of the 2024-25 season of the FC Barcelonabefore him Athletic en Bilbao. The Barca coach ended, without being asked about it, wishing for the female Barça “the best of the luck” in the Champions League final that this Saturday faces in Lisbon the Arsenal and took the opportunity to use that message as an inspiring element of the season that comes for its own template. “I want to want before I go that the girls are very lucky in Lisbon, I hope they take the Champions League, which will be a goal for us for next year,” he said.
Flick He confirmed that for this afternoon, Sabatina already had a plan: “staying at home to see this afternoon's game.”
Regarding his second season on the Barca bench he expressed another desire and slipped a plan outline to help make that desire come true. “We see each other next season and I hope we are doing at least equally well as this one,” he said before giving “the thanks to the media for his treatment in his first course in Barcelona.
Of the method, Flick He stressed that the objective “is to improve.” “I know it is not simple, but we know how to improve. You have to work hard. Everything is already planned. Also the tour and the summer matches,” he said.
In that sense, Flick even made official the date of the first day of preseason for the 2025-26 season. “Hopefully nothing bad happens and on July 13 everything is well. We will begin the preseason on Sunday, July 13, with the tests, and there will already be training on Monday,” he said. The coach Culé recalled that in the coming weeks Barça will have “many players with their selections” and announced that his intention is “trying to see matches, such as the one they play in Stuttgart Spain and France of Nations League, near home.” “Then, I'll go on vacation; I'm leaving very far,” he notified with a smile.
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Ready to whether you plan to modify some of your game plan, especially at the defensive level, Flick He showed a certain ambiguity, such as keeping letters for the future. “You will see it next season,” he said before warning that, deep down, “our style is very clear.”
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Barça coach during the press conference
It became evident, however, that without being perfect, the season that leaves has made him feel happy. It was when asked about the note that would put his team after winning League, Cup and Super Cup, in a campaign in which he only vanished, and in the semifinals, the possibility of being in the Champions League final. “I don't know, I haven't thought about the note,” “between 8 and 10 …”, he concluded.
