The incredible 4-1 triumph that Barcelona achieved over Bayern Munich in their most recent match will live on in history. One important detail, though, might have been overlooked in the rush of the score line. Six players from the academy started for Hansi Flick against his old squad on this momentous night. Inaki Pena, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde, Marc Casado, Lamine Yamal, and Fermin Lopez were among these players, demonstrating Barcelona’s dedication to developing domestic talent.
Flick further showed this dedication during the game by bringing on Dani Olmo, another graduate of Barcelona’s youth system, in addition to other players like Gavi and Ansu Fati. As a result, Flick started the match with six academy players and finished with seven.
Flick’s Barcelona prove their mettle with 4-1 Bayern humbling
While everyone was watching Hansi Flick and Robert Lewandowski play against their old sides, Raphinha stole the show with a hat-trick on a night that will go down in FC Barcelona history. This week will be the most important one for Barcelona this season and will reveal the full extent of Hansi Flick’s team’s capabilities. They easily passed the first of two crucial exams.
The result clearly benefits Hansi Flick and his coaching staff. Several times, the direct offensive style, strong pressing, and high defensive line caught Bayern off guard. Raphinha, FermÃn López, and Lewandowski’s skill level was more than sufficient to exploit this.
Raphinha’s hat trick was particularly noteworthy because he had the mental fortitude, physical prowess, and finishing ability to finish each of the three goals, which all saw him play through with plenty of space to run into towards the Bayern goal.
