Quote from: Luzin on Today at 03:03:17 PM

Quote from: rendravolt on Today at 02:41:03 PM

Actually, it was as I thought that Valencia would make it quite difficult for Barcelona. Especially if we see the home team leading first, it certainly made the Barcelona players a little panicked to be able to reply to the goal. But Hansi Flick did show his experience in managing a big team and the result was this narrow victory that allowed Barcelona to steal 3 points from Valencia's home.

A good start to Flick. Of course, playing at home to Valencia is not an easy problem. Barcelona's first half didn't play well, but in the second half they were able to improve the game. Lewandowski's first goal was a turning point. Their game pattern is still the same, a characteristic of ball possession. I see Yamal as a differentiator. He can always open up space by dribbling on the right side. That made Valencia have to work the right side to stop Yamal. I also saw Barcelona field a lot of young players, but they were still strong in possession of the ball in the second half.

Hansi Flick tried his luck by fielding more young players, and fortunately it worked as planned. Valencia was actually able to put up a fight, they tried to take advantage of the home game well, although in the end they had to admit Barcelona greatness. This is a very good result to look at the long journey ahead, Hansi Flick has marked his debut perfectly. For the next match Hansi Flick still has to work hard to make Barcelona game more organized, but considering this is the first week, of course everything still needs adaptation. Overall Barcelona looks so dominant for a team like Valencia, we can see it from the match statistics.

On the other hand, Lewandowski who managed to score a pair of goals seemed to confirm that he was not finished yet, even though he was already 35 years old. The presence of Hansi Flick as the new manager will certainly make Lewandowski more comfortable, because the two had worked together at Bayern Munchen. Yamal again stole the attention with his slick appearance, continuing what he had done at Euro 2024 yesterday, if Barcelona could get Nico Williams from Atletic Bilbao, maybe Barcelona attack line would be even sharper.