Hansi Flick continues to inspire at FC Barcelona. The German coach won his third LaLiga game by a score of 2-1 against Rayo Vallecano with goals from Pedri and Dani Olmo and managed to get the Catalan team to win for the first time as a visitor in Vallecas since 2018. Without a doubt, there can be no better start to the season for this new stage.
Flick is the eighth coach in the 21st century to win the first three games of the Spanish league, behind great coaches such as Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde. However, the coach with the best start streak in recent years is 'Tata' Martino, who set a record of eight consecutive wins with 28 goals for and 6 against. Will Flick manage to break this record? At the moment, everything indicates that he will.
Barcelona finally triumphs in Vallecas
The German coach is doing 'magic' with his scheme and leadership in front of the Barça squad and achieved something that other colleagues had not been able to achieve: Winning in Vallecas for the first time in 6 years. From 2018 until August 27, 2024, the Barça team did not win on the three occasions they visited Rayo Vallecano for a record of two defeats and one draw.
The first defeat was on Matchday 11 of 2021/22 under the direction of Ronald Koeman, when Radamel Falco gave Rayo a 1-0 victory. The second time they fell was on Matchday 31 of 2022/23 with Xavi Hernández as coach by a score of 2-1. Álvaro García and Fran García scored for the home team, while Robert Lewandowski discounted for the visitors. The last meeting before this was a 1-1 draw on matchday fourteen of the 2023/24 season, where Unai López put the Vallecas club ahead and Florian Lejeune scored an own goal less than 10 minutes from the end. Now a new streak begins in this match and hopefully it continues to expand.