In 2020, Barça beat Flick’s Bayern 8-2

Bayern Munich is a team with bad memories compared to Barcelona in the Champions League. Especially when it was led by Hansi Flick, now its commander. The Catalan team suffered a humiliating 8-2 at home in the 2020 quarterfinals. In the history of the competition, they have 10 defeats in 13 games (they won two and drew the other). Having lost the last six, they will try to redeem themselves this Wednesday and the coach guarantees that the team will not change their offensive posture on the field.

Barcelona and Bayern fell into the same group in the last two editions and the Germans won them all, with an impressive 11 goals scored and none conceded. Hansi Flick’s expectation is that this uncomfortable taboo will come to an end at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, for the third round of the current edition, this Wednesday.

“Bayern are a first-class team, with excellent players, very dominant and with a lot of ball possession. But my players are very ready and really looking forward to this game,” said Flick. “It’s a difficult game for us, but we will try to do everything we can. We won’t change the way we play. We will try to play deep, press with and without the ball and try not to make too many mistakes. Obviously we won’t win every game, but what What we will do is always do our best to achieve success.”

The German coach asked the team to forget its recent stumbles and repeat the performance that puts it at the top of the Spanish Championship. “We have to leave the past behind,” he asked. “We can’t change this, but we can influence what happens on Wednesday. We have to do our best and beat Bayern Munich”, shouted Flick, without hiding his appreciation for the German club.

“Bayern is a very important club for me, but now I am coach of Barça and I am very happy to be here. I am living a wonderful new chapter in my life, and I feel that the fans are sharing this passion with me”, he celebrated. “That’s all well and good, but it also makes you feel obligated to give everything. That’s how we want to go into this game and all the games that come after. As a team, we have to work hard to give back the love we’ve received. And above all Above all, look to the future.”

The teams will enter the field in Spain under pressure to win, as they aim to finish among the top eight that qualify directly and have already recorded one defeat in this phase of points in just eight rounds. The Catalans debuted with a 2-1 defeat at Monaco and the Germans lost in the last round 1-0 at Aston Villa.