Barça pursue two goals in Belgrade
Barça are nice and want to continue like this. After the last international break, Hansi Flick’s team count their games based on victories. Five goals against Sevilla, four against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu and three against Espanyol in the League derby. To this must be added the four goals they scored against the almighty Bayern Munich in Montjuic on the third day of the first stage of the Champions League.
The machine is fully tuned and appears again in Europe, ready to achieve several goals in the match against Red Star.. One thing will essentially lead to another. As Hansi Flick was warned yesterday at the pre-match press conference, Barça have an unsolved problem in the Champions League with the games they play away from home.. True, last year they also lost to Antwerp and Shakhtar Donetsk. The previous two years were even worse. A narrow victory over Viktoria Plzen (2-4) and defeats in Milan against Inter and in Munich against Bayern in the 2022-23 season and much more in the previous season. Victory in Kyiv, but defeats in Munich and Lisbon from Lisbon. In neither of the two seasons did Barça advance beyond the first phase. And to all this we can add historical defeats with the elimination of Liverpool, Rome or Turin.
As if this were not enough, the current Barça, once again feared in Europe, lost in the only European tour, in Monaco, although it is true that the match was due to the early dismissal of Eric Garcia. Forgetting that accident and winning the Champions League again as a guest is one of the goals that needs to be achieved.. Achieving this will lead to the second goal, which is nothing more than getting closer to qualifying for the second stage.
After the match with Red Star we came to the middle of the first stage and The addition of nine points will bring the Blaugranas very close to the final goal, which, as Flick admitted yesterday, is nothing less than an entry into the top eight classified in this first stage. and thus have already secured their place in the 1/8 finals without having to go through the playoffs.
After the match with Belgrade there will be matches with Brest, Dortmund, Benfica and Atalanta. A win today would mean they won’t be played in emergency situations.