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Barcelona finally won La Liga on Thursday with a 2-0 win against EspanyolThe seven -point gap between them and Real Madrid officially too large to beat the new champions from the first place.
The team is the favorites to win the title for several months now and added their La Liga prize to the Copa del Rey, which marks their first double-winning season since 2017-18. Their dominance This campaign, which included a run to the semi -final of the UEFA Champions League, was not exactly easy to predict at the start of the season. Barcelona entered this campaign with an eternal sense of uncertainty, both due to management change and their chronic financial issues. However, things quickly clicked under Hansi film, which built a team that was difficult to beat from start to finish.
Barcelona spent a large part of this season with Bulldoz through their opponents, a list of a Real Madrid side, which all four lost the editions of El Clasico and was surpassed on the way 16-7. They benefited from the Stable rise in teenage fees Lamine Yamal But Flick also received an impressive end product from his attackers, including a reviving Robert Lewandowski and Breakout Raphinha. Flick’s attack philosophy has not only overwhelmed their opposition, but also made up for the weaknesses of Barcelona, including a wobbly back line.
While the parties start in Barcelona, there is a retrospective of the reasons why they won the title.
Barcelona’s All-Out Attack
Even if they received a deal for Dani Olmo at the start of the season, Barcelona’s financial limitations meant that a summer of transforming signing sessions would never happen, no matter how necessary it was after the previous season – and especially after Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe had landed. However, Flick made the best of what he had through an entertaining and effective playing style.
Barcelona completely embraced an attack style with a high line, a high-risk, high reward approach that has paid off because of the power of Flick’s attack, led by Lewandowski, Raphinha and Yamal. They lead La Liga with 97 goals of 87.47 expected goals so far this season, thanks to a varied approach with which several players can succeed. At this point in the season, Barcelona has five players with more than 10 goals, a list of Olmo and Ferran Torres. They not only scored thanks to a wide range of players, but they also added goals from different sources. Flick’s Side Lead La Liga with 14 goals of Set -Throne Pieces, including eight only from corners.
Flick also made a number of important crafts to the players behind that trio on the road, but adjustments that only improved Barcelona’s victory margins, even if clean sheets were somewhat difficult to come by. Frenkie de Jong became a normal starter and replaced Marc Casado in the winter to offer more defensive stability, while Wojciech Szczesny Inaki Pena replaced after the first-choice keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen had collected a knee injury last fall. Szczesny has been wrong, but he is still an average of 0.9 expected goals against per match, while the total of Pena is 1.3.
Robert Lewandowski Get the best of Raphina, Robert Lewandowski
The unexpected power of Flick to turn Barcelona into a title-winning team is specifically illustrated in two players-Raphinha and Lewandowski, especially the first.
Raphinha, who came to the club in 2022 from Leeds United and was once seen as an example of the decline of Barcelona, in essence became one of the world’s best attacking players at night. The Brazil -International switched from his previous role as a more traditional wing player to a more central position where he looks like a second striker. The decision of Flick has Dividend Paid-Raphinha is the completion of what a career-best season has been with 34 goals in all competitions, much better than the 17 he placed for Portugal’s Vorroria in the 2017-18 campaign.
As far as Lewandowski was concerned, he seemed to show signs of decline last season, but the 36-year-old was improved after reunification with Flick, who used to be his manager at Bayern Munich. It is a little less present on the ball, but this season is much more a shot machine than previous height is an average of 3.4 shots per match in La Liga, an increase of 2.7 last campaign. He also has more goals to show it, on average 0.8 goals per match after placing 0.5 previous time out. He is currently also the leader of La Liga for expected goals with 24.65 and is in third place in the competition for Schoten with 109.
Lamine Yamal leads youth movement
For Flick, the easiest part of working with the existing Barcelona players has probably handed over opportunities to another talented group of academic products. He was lucky to inherit a group that actually had a solid amount of experience among his predecessor, Xavi, who might have been forced to do this because of the club’s finances, but did his best to herald the next generation.
That group is undoubtedly led by Yamal, who has fully confirmed his status as one of the following stars of the game this season. The 17-year-old has been an attacking force with 17 goals and 20 assists in all competitions and leads the road in La Liga in the last category. He is also in second place in the competition for shots with 131, but Yamal is fundamentally for every Barcelona attack, even outside of target contributions. He is a great passer -by of the ball, creating incredibly offensive opportunities with highlights of highlights and has already developed a capacity to cope with the pressure of great moments. In Yamal, Barcelona already has a player who can anchor their team for the near future and suppressed much of the uncertainty that the club has followed since Lionel Messi’s departure revealed the seriousness of their financial situation.
However, Yamal is not the only young talent that has left his mark this season. A series of academic products were regularly starters during this campaign, from Pau Cubarsi and Alejandro Bangde to Gavi and Pedri in midfield. Just like Yamal, they become reliable luminaires in a new era for Barcelona and perhaps offer a sense of calmness for a club that can be limited for years on the transfer market.