Flik Addresses Barcelonas Champions League Contender Status

The head coach of Barcelona, **Hans-Dieter Flick**, addressed whether the Catalan club is a leading contender for this season’s Champions League title. In the 2024/2025 season, the team reached the semi-finals of the tournament.

«The Champions League features incredible clubs, and we are one of them. We’ll work diligently every day to improve. We’ll see what happens by the end of the season.

Our pre-season preparation was solid, but we didn’t showcase our true quality in the initial matches. I made this clear and communicated to our players what was lacking. On Sunday, the team performed much better against Valencia, reminiscent of last season. We need to be relentless from the outset,» Flick said, as reported by AS.

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