Hansi Flick's new 'headache' on the FC Barcelona bench

Hansi Flick's new project on the FC Barcelona bench is one month old. The German coach and his coaching staff have worked incessantly during these four weeks to leave their mark on the team, introducing new features and focusing on improving the physique of the squad, implementing training exercises with the ball that seek to 'squeeze' this condition in the players. .

The preseason, as usual, began full of youth players for the Barça entity. Due to the international tournaments played this summer, the Catalan squad was forced to use the reserve team to complete the squad, which looked extremely different as it will be when all the members of the first team are available. Several footballers from the youth and reserve team 'swelled' Flick's roster, who has been impressed with the level shown by these footballers.

Toni Fernández, Guille, Unai, Sergi Domínguez, Alexis Olmedo, Quim Junyent, Kochen, Gerard Martín, Noah Darvich, Bernal, Astralaga, Andrés Cuenca, Pau Víctor, among others, were some of those chosen to train under the Germans. Together with the available members of the first team, these footballers sought to convince the coach that they are ready for the jump, and several would have succeeded.

As 'SPORT' reports, Flick was pleasantly surprised by the performance of these players.He knew most of them more or less and had information, but he has been able to 'discover' other pieces with which he has been 'delighted'. Pau Víctor would be the first of them, since the forward was one of the biggest 'irruptions' of the tour of the United States, with everything pointing to him being Robert Lewandowski's natural replacement in the team.

A complicated decision

However, once they returned from the tour of North American soil, the German coach will have to make 'weighty' decisions. Barça Atlètic had to 'make do' with several youth players, and even cadets, waiting for Flick to get rid of the players he considered should join the reserve team, while he chose those who would remain under his command in the first equipment. A first 'leak' that will take place this Saturday, when Albert Sánchez's team faces L'Hospitalet in a preseason match and the first team returns to work after two days of rest.