it’s just that Barcelona last season faced the problem of a large number of injured players and the absence of Ter Stegan was especially acute when Baocelona conceded too many, this became decisive. But I can’t say that Barcelona is much weaker than Real. Perhaps Flick will cope with his responsibilities as well as Xavi, and given that he is a more experienced coach, he can also respond more steadfastly to criticism than Xavi did.
Last season, despite facing a big storm, Barcelona was still lucky to have Xavi who was able to consistently maintain the players to finish in the runner up position and even the young player Gavi who was initially relied on by Xavi also suffered an injury at that time so he was absent for a longer time but still with Xavi reliability , Barcelona can still appear consistent.
In the next season, Flick as the new coach must try to contribute to managing players very well to maintain Barcelona reputation as a big team in La Liga and I am sure that even though he was doubted and always compared to Madrid, he will prove his reliability in bringing the team to compete tightly to get to the top of the standings with existing players.