Barça is already immersed in the key phase of the season with a team full of players who are in the best moment of their entire careers. The doubts about Flick at the beginning of the season were whether the coach could make a great team perform at the highest level on the field. Almost 5 months later, there is no doubt that the blaugrana coach has achieved that goal, and he has done so with flying colors.
Cruise speed
Hansi Flick's team reaches the important phase of the season in one of the best moments of the blaugrana team. In 2025, they have scandalous stats with zero defeats, only one draw, and all other matches being victories, and moreover, very resounding victories. 29 goals in just 7 matches make Barça the most in-form team of the year so far.
This means that the blaugranas reach the crucial stage with sky-high confidence, but with a lot of work to do. In La Liga, the team, together with the staff, must grit their teeth, as right now, the blaugrana club is 7 points behind the leader, Real Madrid. Meanwhile, in the Champions League and Copa del Rey, things are different, as Flick's team is in great form, already qualified for the round of 16 in Europe and the quarterfinals of the Copa.
Jules Koundé a converted center-back
The great performance of the team is due to the great moment many players of the blaugrana team are experiencing. Among them is Jules Koundé, who had always been criticized by a large part of the culer fans.
The full-back has been at Barça for 2 years, where he started as a center-back paired with Araújo, a duo with which one of the most solid Barça defenses was achieved. But, with the inclusion of Christensen in the central defense position, Xavi had no choice but to move Koundé to the right-back position.
The right-back position has always been highly questioned at 'Can Barça,' and with a Koundé who had never played in that position, criticisms began to surface at Barça.
But, after almost two years of adaptation, the right-back has managed to convince the fans with memorable performances and numbers worthy of the best right-back in the world.
It seems that, finally, Barça has a reliable right-back for years and years.