{"id":20605,"date":"2026-05-10T13:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/20605\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:58:27","slug":"hansi-flick-suffers-heartbreaking-family-tragedy-just-hours-before-barcelona-and-real-madrid-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/20605\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick suffers heartbreaking family tragedy just hours before Barcelona and Real Madrid clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hansi Flick has suffered the devastating loss of his father mere hours before this evening’s crucial El Clasico clash with Real Madrid at the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n

Despite his grief, the 61-year-old German manager will take his place in the Barcelona dugout tonight, where victory over their fierce rivals would secure a second successive LaLiga crown.<\/p>\n

The Catalan club released a statement expressing solidarity with their head coach during this painful period.<\/p>\n

“FC Barcelona and the entire Blaugrana family wish to convey our affection to Hansi Flick over the passing of his father,” the club announced. <\/p>\n

“We share his pain and stand with him during this very difficult time for him and his family.”<\/p>\n

Flick has proven instrumental in reviving Barcelona’s fortunes on the pitch, despite the club’s ongoing financial difficulties.<\/p>\n

In his debut season with the Blaugrana, the former Germany national team boss claimed a domestic double whilst also guiding the side to the Champions League last four.<\/p>\n

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Hansi Flick will still be in the dugout for Barcelona’s match with Real Madrid<\/p>\n

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His appointment followed an impressive two-year spell at Bayern Munich, where he captured every available honour.<\/p>\n

The pinnacle of his time in Bavaria came in 2020, when he steered the German giants to a remarkable treble comprising the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League titles.<\/p>\n

Barcelona go into tonight’s showdown knowing a point will be enough to secure the La Liga title.<\/p>\n

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They face a Real Madrid side who are in crisis following a series of dramatic confrontations behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Flick insisted that Barcelona must do their best to overcome their fierce rivals and wrap up the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to play and perform. That\u2019s what I want to see,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve had a fantastic season as a team and that\u2019s what I want to see tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone wants to see the best match LaLiga has to offer. The world will be watching, but ultimately it\u2019s down to us. I want to see a team; that\u2019s what I want to see tomorrow. We\u2019re focused.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Madrid, Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde were involved in a dressing room fight.<\/p>\n

\"Barcelona<\/p>\n

Barcelona can win the LaLiga title if they draw with Real Madrid on Sunday night<\/p>\n

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Flick played down internal disagreements, however, and insisted that Real still represent a formidable opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win at home. We have a fantastic team and the fans are behind us,” he stated. \u201cIt\u2019s a Cl\u00e1sico for them too, and they\u2019ll want to win. That\u2019s only natural. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, El Cl\u00e1sico is important for everyone \u2013 for them and for us. We\u2019re playing at home and we want to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the drama, he added: \u201cIt happens all over the world. Not just at Real. I was a bit surprised, but I don\u2019t mind. It\u2019s not my club. It\u2019s not my team. I don\u2019t think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick has suffered the devastating loss of his father mere hours before this evening’s crucial El Clasico…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,313,273,2012,314],"class_list":["post-20605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20605","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=20605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}