{"id":19949,"date":"2026-05-09T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/19949\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:44:09","slug":"hansi-flick-ready-for-the-final-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/19949\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick ready for ‘the final step’"},"content":{"rendered":"

FC Barcelona head into Sunday\u2019s Cl\u00e1sico<\/a> knowing that victory would secure once and for all the La Liga title. Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Hansi Flick praised the work done throughout the season and stressed the importance of staying true to the team\u2019s identity in a match of this magnitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing we have to focus on is our own display” he said, preferring not to speak too much about Real Madrid. “We\u2019ve had a fantastic season as a team. We want to play our game, with our style and as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he did single out Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 as a major threat: \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best players in the world. In every situation he\u2019s very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing what the occasion means to everyone, the German said \u201cit\u2019s important for the supporters, for the players and also for us, the staff. We want to win the title, the second in a row. Nothing else matters. We\u2019re fully focused on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you watch our home matches, you can see the connection between the team and the fans. That will be important tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work of the La Masia players, with their philosophy and mentality, helps the team enormously. The whole squad is important and everyone will give their best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win the match at home. The Cl\u00e1sico is hugely important for everyone, for Madrid and for Bar\u00e7a. That\u2019s why we want to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, Flick once again emphasised the importance of continuity and maintaining the team\u2019s identity: \u201cWe have great confidence and that\u2019s what I want to see tomorrow. We mustn\u2019t change anything we\u2019ve done this season. We have to go out there and play the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona head into Sunday\u2019s Cl\u00e1sico knowing that victory would secure once and for all the La Liga…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,483],"class_list":{"0":"post-19949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}