Barcelona couldn’t have hoped for a greater season beneath a brand new supervisor, and it’s secure to say that Hansi Flick and Co. have surpassed all expectations.
The Blaugrana final week on the RCDE Stadium after a 2-0 win over Espanyol with an all-round efficiency spearheaded by Lamine Yamal.
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The win accomplished the Catalans’ journey to the title after what has been an extended and exhausting title race in Spain. In spite of everything, the street to success was not simple and the marketing campaign had its fair proportion of twists and turns.
Barça Common brings you six such moments from Barcelona’s season that outlined their journey to the league title.
Seven previous Valladolid: Unleashing the beast
The match that set the ball rolling. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
Hansi Flick started his official journey with Barcelona with a gap sport at Mestalla the place Robert Lewandowski scored a brace at hand the crew a 2-1 win of their first sport of the season.
The approaching sport noticed the Catalans sustain their good run of type and take residence wins, nevertheless it took some time earlier than their first convincing win on the scoreboard popped up.
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After profitable three successive video games by a slim one-goal lead, it was towards Actual Valladolid in late August that Barcelona confirmed the world the goalscoring machines that they’re.
They put seven objectives previous the now-relegated crew with Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Raphinha, Jules Kounde, and Robert Lewandowski all getting on the scoreboard. From that time on, Barcelona’s ahead line was troublesome to regulate.
Following the 7-0 win, the Catalans started profitable video games with sizeable margins, and it was clearly the purpose when their assault actually opened and unlocked its full potential.
4-0 win on the Bernabeu: The announcement to the world
Bossing the Bernabeu. (Photograph by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)
The primary Clasico of the season got here amid nice hype, with Flick’s in-form Barcelona seen because the relative underdogs towards Carlo Ancelotti’s experiences and UEFA Champions League-winning Actual Madrid who had simply signed Kylian Mbappe.
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The sport arrived instantly after a well-known win over Bayern Munich and the Catalans have been seen to be on a great spell of momentum heading into the sport. But, Los Blancos have been anticipated to present them an actual run for his or her cash.
It was solely after the sport started, nevertheless, that the world noticed for the primary time how critically dominant Barcelona have been over their arch-rivals. 1, 2, 3, 4 – it actually was that easy for the Catalans as all three forwards scored great objectives.
For many who had not taken discover but, the primary Clasico win of the season was an announcement of what this Barcelona crew is able to. Little did anybody comprehend it was simply the primary of 4 such wins within the season.
The November-December rut
The low level of the season got here in November. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
Simply when Barcelona seemed to be cruising to the lead in La Liga, November arrived, and with it got here a rut that Barcelona would see because the lowest level of their season.
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For a interval of near seven weeks, the Catalans appeared merely clueless, fatigued and it appeared as if they’d run themselves into the bottom.
From pundits claiming that their excessive line had been decoded to others blaming the excessive depth of the system as a non-sustainable one, Barcelona got here beneath critical strain and misplaced the lead in La Liga.
All of it started with the 1-0 defeat to Actual Sociedad which was instantly adopted by a draw to Celta Vigo the place Barcelona gave up a 2-0 lead within the ultimate ten minutes.
They then misplaced to Las Palmas, drew towards Actual Betis, and misplaced as soon as extra towards Leganes and Atletico Madrid. All in all, Barcelona dropped 16 of 21 attainable factors and allowed their rivals to generate a niche on the high.
Defeat to Atletico Madrid: The purpose of inflection
The loss to Atletico was a bitter capsule to swallow. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
The ultimate sport of 2024 noticed Barcelona tackle Atletico Madrid at Montjuic and the Catalans have been totally dominant on the evening.
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All through the sport, Barcelona the crew in management, and with the probabilities as Los Rojiblancos have been severely held again and didn’t get any freedom barring a number of counterattacks.
Having taken the lead through Pedri within the thirtieth minute, Barcelona conceded a Sixtieth-minute equalizer to a Rodrigo de Paul strike.
Simply when it appeared like a draw was essentially the most possible final result, nevertheless, Alexander Sorloth scored within the 96th minute at hand Diego Simeone his first-ever win over Barcelona away towards the Catalans.
That sport, whereas painful, served as some extent of inflection for the crew for they didn’t lose a single sport within the league after that for over 5 months.
Kings of mentality: Comeback win over Atletico Madrid
A comeback for the ages. (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Pictures)
Barcelona started 2025 within the strongest method attainable and have been merely unplayable in Spain.
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Whereas most wins have been snug and with an enormous lead, they have been pressured to churn out tight wins over the likes of Deportivo Alaves and Rayo Vallecano and have been even held to a few attracts.
The reverse sport towards Atletico Madrid, nevertheless, might be remembered for a very long time to come back for the sheer psychological fortitude the crew confirmed. In some ways, it was the sport that confirmed that Barcelona had the required grit to make all of it the way in which.
Alexander Sorloth netted Atletico Madrid’s second objective within the seventieth minute on the Riyadh Metropolitano however then started incessant waves of Barcelona assaults because the crew merely refused to bend down.
Two objectives in six minutes from Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres gave Barcelona sufficient to degree the scores at 2-2.
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Lamine Yamal and Torres then scored in stoppage time to take residence a 4-2 win and three important factors within the league and helped them full a comeback that instilled critical perception internally within the crew’s talents.
Remontada towards the comeback kings: The ultimate hurdle
The ultimate nail within the coffin. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
Barcelona’s flying type in 2025 took them previous Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid as soon as extra on the leaderboard. After a brief hunch, nevertheless, Los Blancos as soon as once more started churning out wins to remain alive within the race.
The Clasico earlier this month, thus, turned essential as a attainable league-defining sport. A win for Barcelona would seal the title of their favour whereas a Actual Madrid win would throw the race huge open with only one level separating the 2 sides.
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Barcelona went 2-0 down rapidly on the night, and contemplating that they have been simply coming off a heartbreaking defeat in Milan, many anticipated them to break down as soon as extra.
Flick’s males, nevertheless, gave Actual Madrid a style of their very own drugs and scored 4 objectives previous them earlier than the top of the primary half to finish the comeback.
They have been far superior to Los Blancos and would have received with a a lot bigger margin if not for the scandalous refereeing, however the win finally took Barcelona to inside two factors of the title and all however sealed the race.