Barcelona’s victory in Espanyol on May 15 gave Hansi Flick the title of La Liga with two games to save in front of Real Madrid.
Los Blancos won the 10 -point division on Barça last season, but their flickering campaign was not a match for the sparkling form of their most familiar rivals at the top of the table while Flick became champion of his first season in Spain.
Madrid led the table and was five points ahead of the third place in Barcelona in February, but the former German manager Flick will return to an almost flawless domestic race since then, including the victory on the team of Carlo Ancelotti in the final of Copa del Rey.
101GeReatGoals.com is five of the best results in a memorable 2024/25 season for Barcelona en route to a 28th Spanish title.
Barcelona are Champions of Laliga! 🔵🔴
Hansi Flick delivered a domestic hat -trick in his first season as a club manager 🏆 pic.twitter.com/uydangffrx
– First sports (@premsportstv) May 15, 2025
Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona, October 26
The first round of the Flick of seven consecutive victories in the championship ended suddenly with a 4-2 defeat in Osasuna on September 28, although the categorical victories on Alaves and Seville meant that Barcelona was three points ahead of Madrid before the first classico of the campaign.
Madrid was about to equal the record for their opponent of 44 undefeated championship games until Robert Lewandowski scored twice in three minutes shortly after half.
Evergreen Lewandowski then struck the woodwork before Lamine Yamal – who was not 18 years old before July – became the youngest scorer of El Clasico and Raphinha added her first goal in the match.
“It’s Real Madrid 0-2 Robert Lewandowski!” 🎙️
A few massive minutes for Barcelona by Hansi Flick and their Superstar attacker 😱 pic.twitter.com/7fs6evn7kx
– First sports (@premsportstv) October 26, 2024
Flick could hardly have been able to ask for a more magnificent declaration of intent during a week when Barça also beat Bayern Munich 4-1 at home in the Champions League with the help of a Raphinha hats round and a goal from Lewandowski.
“We played a fantastic match and I’m so proud,” said Flick. “We have grown better with and without the ball. We had more possession and that is why the game changed.
“The defensive effort was the key. We have trained a lot about how to defend with a high line and how we want to press the ball.
“We are well. We are trying to our idea and at the moment we are fluid and we want to move forward. ”
Barcelona 7-1 Valence, January 26
If Barcelona had boastful rights after this sensational result against Madrid, their almost immediate form in shape brought them back to earth in a style that would only have done the players of Ancelotti.
A series of four defeats and two victories of eight games between November and January put an end to the honeymoon in Flick and led to questions about its adaptation to the rigors of a Spanish title challenge, including home losses against Las Palmas, Leganes and – in the 96th minute – Atletico Madrid.
After Barça attracted 1-1 to Getafe on January 18 and Madrid defeated Las Palmas a day later, Barça was at the level of the points with the fourth athletics club, five behind Atleti, second and seven timids of Madrid, although they have kept a better difference in goals than leaders.
Their goals were about to increase enormously with the kind authorization of a house hammering 7-1, well required by Valence featuring two goals and assists of Fermin Lopez.
Barcelona is on fire! 🔥
Raphinha does not retain the third goal of his team against Valencia after only thirteen minutes 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/c5kp6jqdrz
– First sports (@premsportstv) January 26, 2025
“It was good to see that the players could give us such a performance,” said Flick, acknowledging that their league position was “not the best”.
“We are fighting until the end and we start today. It was an excellent start. I like what I saw, and we also defended very well. ”
Atletico Madrid 2-4 Barcelona, March 16
This Valencia Mutiling was the first of the six consecutive victories at the expense of a single goal in total, but an Atleti team with their own title ambitions seemed to have ended the resurgence of Barcelona when they went 2-0 in the 70th minute to the Metropolitano.
Lewandowski and Ferran Torres quickly designed the secondary level outside and, after Veleti had the chance to go ahead, Yamal and Torres marked during the additional time to put Barcelona on points with Real Madrid at the top of the table but with a game in hand.
“The reaction after Atletico’s second goal was incredible,” said Flick. “To score four goals in 20 minutes here, against this team, is very good.
“I am proud of this team. The mentality is really good. They never give up. The reaction on the ground was incredible. It was a big day for us.
“You can feel [the spirit] and see him in training. We want to train the way we want to play. For the moment, we have great confidence in the way we want to play.
“Atletico is a fantastic team. They defend themselves well, but my team was the best team. ”
Barcelona 4-3 Celta Vigo, April 19
Despite the uncertain form of Madrid, Barcelona had no sufficient cushion for comfort with the Clasico who is looming in his penultimate home match.
A 1-1 draw at home against Real Betis high-flying and an unconvincing victory 1-0 in Leganes served as a reminder that the title race was far from over before Celta Vigo threatens to end the undefeated league of 11 games from Barça.
Loan Betis Borja Iglesias attacker responded to an opener of Torres with a 48-minute hat to put visitors 3-1, although goals inside five minutes by Dani Olmo and Raphinha made the 3-3 score in the 69th minute.
The penalty of the 98th minute of Raphinha decided to the competition, which led Flick to reveal that he had asked the Brazil attacker to be a “leader” at halftime.
“Just look at these celebration scenes!” You might think they won the title! ” 🎙️
Raphinha with a last-minute winner to seal a 4-3 victory for Barcelona against Celta 🤯
𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 @SBK | 18+ | 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 pic.twitter.com/9ibo2nmhes
– First sports (@premsportstv) April 19, 2025
“I kissed Raphinha because things were not going in his first half,” said Flick. “I told him to think positively and in the second,” he showed.
“We generally support very well, but we made mistakes. We made things very easy for opponents. But the team did everything – we did not give up. This is the mentality we have at the moment and it’s great.
“I don’t want to talk about the mistakes that my players made. I think everyone can see that the team has not abandoned. ”
Barcelona 4-3 Real Madrid
The final clasico of the season was practically Boom or Bust for Madrid, who knew that the victory would make them advance a point behind Barcelona with three games to play and the defeat would give their opponents the title.
Propelled by this incentive, the top scorer in Madrid, Kylian Mbappe, scored twice in the first 15 minutes before this film Spirit admired so much in his players who made the game turned to give Barcelona an advance of 4-2 at halftime.
Eric Garcia, the remarkable relentless Yamal and two Raphinha goals made the quasi-separate damage, guaranteeing the completion by MBAPPE of his triplet of a second Vinicius Junior Assist was only a consolation for a Madrid team who had to feel at the edge of the deposit.
Flick finished a perfect season against Madrid, also beating them in the Supercopa final on January 12 and Copa del Rey Decdider – after an additional time – on April 26.
“I suffer a lot,” said Flick. “I hope we can do things better and make fewer mistakes. I don’t know if [I] was nervous at the end; There was a lot of emotion.
“It’s not always so fun, but I’m very happy with what we are doing. We want to improve in every match and we have a lot of potential. The attitude of the team is fantastic. ”
