Barcelona move into first place in La Liga as manager Hansi Flick continues to push the right buttons

With a 2-0 win over Las Palmas on Saturday, Barcelona now has five wins on the leap and he is only on top of La Liga. Although it was a start to look like a race with two horses between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in recent weeks, Hansi Flick Barcelona has led back to the top of the competition, because it is clear that this team is a real one Chancebber is for domestic and European glory.

On Saturday it was Dani Olmo who resulted in the decisive goal for Barcelona, ​​but on a certain day every player can give the defense of nightmares in his attack. From the 17-year-old Lamine Yamal to 36-year-old Robert Lewandowski, and with a balloon d’Ordedener in between in Raphinha, there is no team in the world who wants to hit Barcelona.

Even with their defensive problems, a mix of young people and experience has been able to propel Barcelona in addition to one of the most effective exterior traps in Europe to fight for everything. During the last five games in the competition, they won them all with 15 goals and only admitted two. Matches will become more difficult with a Copa del Rey collision with Atletico Madrid and the Champions League round of 16 where they come across Benfica, but there is no reason to believe that Barcelona will fade if they become more difficult.

Faced with Las Palmas, Barcelona was able to drive out physical challenges and to prevent him from becoming frustrated before a moment of Olmo sparkle led. Olmo hit the ball from the bottom of the bar and closed a counterattack in Barcelona before Ferran Torres added an insurance goal.

Both players were introduced from the bank by Flick who showed the manager’s impact in using the depth of Barcelona in the best possible way. Barcelona can mix and match to keep the team fresh and influence a game in different ways, which is why they have been able to compete at a top level on so many fronts.

Flick benefits from the inheritance of a base built by Xavi Hernandez who helped to take the youth players from Barcelona, ​​but his tactics have raised the team. It is not an easy job to realize the pressure in Barcelona, ​​but Flick blooms underneath while the team blooms under his leadership. Only the time will learn or follow trophies, but they move the right direction.