FC Barcelona are off to a dream start to the current campaign under new manager Hansi Flick. The German manager has revitalized the team, making them play with abundant freedom and cooking up a tactical system that helps bring the best out of every single attacker on the pitch.
What this has resulted in is a truckload of goals for the entire team, but specifically the first-choice front three – Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, and Raphinha. Barcelona currently sit top of the La Liga standings, with 10 wins from 11 games, and in their most recent encounter against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, they emerged 4-0 winners.
Under the management of Hansi Flick, Barcelona is also setting new benchmarks for attacking football. This season, the German coach’s side has scored an impressive 37 goals in just 11 league matches, surpassing the records previously held by legendary managers Pep Guardiola and Johan Cruyff.
According to SPORT, this achievement marks the highest goal tally for Barcelona after 11 league games since the 1950-51 season when the team netted 41 goals.
To put this into perspective, Johan Cruyff’s team, scored 28 goals in their first 11 matches, while Pep Guardiola’s iconic treble-winning side reached 36 goals in the 2008-09 season. Tito Vilanova’s team also matched this tally of 36 goals during their historic 100-point campaign in 2012-13.
In contrast, the celebrated MSN trio, who led Barcelona to a treble under Luis Enrique, managed only 25 goals after the same number of games. It wasn’t until January that they found their rhythm, eventually propelling the team toward their remarkable treble that year.
Stats show that from an attacking metric, Hansi Flick’s team is right up there with some of the best in Barcelona’s history. This season, they have made it a habit to score goals with a relentless intensity. It is worth noting that this team had just six goals from their first three games, further making this stat quite remarkable.
If the attacking trio and the rest of the team were to continue in a similar vein, there is no doubt that they can break all kinds of attacking metrics by the time the season comes to an end. It all depends on how Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Lamine Yamal can retain their form in front of goal.
At this point, Hansi Flick’s Barcelona looks unstoppable. However, the season ahead is quite long and the road might be tricky. Things won’t always be a bed of roses and how they deal with the difficult times and step up, while still keeping their form will play a crucial role in determining how far this team can go this season.