After Barça's thrashing of Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final, Flick's team returns to Barcelona with their tasks completed but with a lot of work ahead. One of them is to reconnect with Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid in La Liga after a bad streak that relegated the blaugranas to third place. Barça arrived in Arabia with many doubts after losing their last match of the first half of the season against the 'colchoneros' in a disastrous game for the 'culés'.
The Super Cup a New Boost.
Now Flick's team, after thrashing the eternal rival, arrives in Barcelona with a different mindset ready to start the second half of the season. A second half that will be very competitive with three teams on a streak in the domestic competition. Something that worries Flick seeing what the blaugranas are capable of and seeing that his team has let slip up to 13 key points.
Let's remember that Barça was in October 6 points behind Real Madrid, which was second, and 10 points behind Atlético de Madrid, which was third. The 'colchoneros' with a historic streak of 14 consecutive victories have been able to catch up with Barça and also take a 6-point lead.
Everything in the Hands of the Blaugranas.
Barça is the one that now must regain that streak and turn the tables to win a Liga that would be celebrated like never before. Undoubtedly, the Super Cup will be a key turning point in a locker room wounded after the bad streak in Liga. A Super Cup full of controversies that ended in the best possible way after the registrations made and the achievement of the title.
The players have had a hard time these last few months, and that shows in the celebrations and the unity of a group that is hungry to win.
A locker room that is more united than ever, with some homegrown players full of excitement after winning their first title with the club they love—what could go wrong?
If you add to this the great performance of the entire team together on the field, you get a mix that could be very successful. And winning and thrashing your eternal rival in a final means a lot for the future of a season. So the expectation is high to see how Flick plans this important and decisive second half.