Time is going well for Barcelona. Barca beat Real Madrid 4-0 in El Clasico a few days ago at the Santiago Bernabeu. Barcelona got a great victory in the Catalan derby. The confidence of Hansi Flick, the new coach of Barca, has increased many times.
Barcelona played last night against Espanyol in La Liga. The match took place at Estadio Luis Olympic Stadium, Barcelona's home ground. Barcelona won the Catalan derby 3-1. Flick's side's next match is against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League. The match will be played at Redstar Stadium, Belgrade's home ground. “Now looking to Wednesday (Champions League match),” said Barca coach Flick after last night's flying win against Espanyol. We have to be stronger and raise the standard.'
Barcelona scored 3 of 3 goals last night in the first half. Dani Olmo scored his two goals in the 12th and 31st minutes. Rafinha scored Barca's second goal in the 23rd minute. No goals were scored in the second half. In addition, Espanyol's midfielder Xavi Puado scored in Barca's net in the 63rd minute. To Flick, they are part of the match. Barca coach said, 'We got three points. The important thing is that I won the derby. In the second half we slowed down a bit. In some places our attention is lost. But they happen. I accept it. We won.'
Barcelona made 5 changes last night. They made all the changes in the second half. Two goal scorers Rafinha and Olmo were also transferred. Regarding the reason for this change, Flick said, 'The change was made in the second half. In midfield I wanted to take more control.'
Barcelona tops the 2024-25 La Liga points table with 33 points from 12 matches. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in second and third have 24 and 23 points. Where Real and Atletico played 11 and 12 matches.
