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Basically Hansi Flick and Lewandowski have experience working together with great success also at Bayern Munich, so it is no wonder that Lewandowski has returned to his best performance under Hansi Flick this season. But, basically Hansi Flick has not only succeeded in making Lewandowski recover, because Hansi Flick has really succeeded in improving the quality of performance of every player in Barcelona. Thus, Barcelona is still very good in La Liga so far but unfortunately, in the Champions League that Barcelona still has to make a greater effort to be in the top eight and the chance is still very open, of course.
Apart from Lewandowski, I think almost all the players are currently playing well for Barcelona under Hansi Flick. Raphinha is another clear example who is improving so far, of course you can see how hard he works every opportunity Hansi Flick gives him. Raphinha was given freedom of movement throughout the match to move from left to right and vice versa, he worked just as well as Lamine Yamal in building attacks.
Barcelona's defeat in the Champions League against Monaco is not the reason why they are bad. Barcelona only played with 10 players in that match and they played with a different strategic approach when they only had 10 players on the field. Monaco won at home, but they were really made to struggle to get the winning goal from Barcelona.