Hansi Flick and his 'laboratory' to build a 'champion' team

The FC Barcelona would have to Hansi Flick like big priority in case that, finally, Xavi Hernández was destituido. There is not at all defined in the dispatches of Joan Laporta and company, but the last informations suggest that the German trainer has transmitted directly to the culés his intention to expect them and see if it can carry the baton of the team, in principle, during the next season.

The technician of 59 years is very remembered by the six titles that won, in a year, with the Bayern of Munich. It turned into the substitute of Niko Kovac in the month of November of the course 2019-2020 and signed a start sensacional, carrying all the titles that were on the way: Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, Champions League (with the 2-8 to the Barça), Supercopa of Germany and Europe, in addition to the World-wide of Clubs. It broke all the diagrams in which it was his first big opportunity like first trainer in the elite (before had been in Victoria Bammental and Hoffenheim), in addition to being the assistant of Joachime Löw and exert in diverse important charges in the federation Teutonic.

The blackboard of Hansi Flick

Especially in the Allianz Sand, between 2019 and 2021, showed to be a trainer without fear to risk and that bets for exploding to the maximum the talent of his players. In the season in which it turned into the relief of Kovac, had inherited one of the best staff of Europe and was able to improve the version of his footballers. The Bayern positioned with a 4-3-3 and, especially, 4-2-3-1 with a lot of variations and changes of roles of the footballers for 'cause' that in determinate moments the team attacked with until seven pieces.

It was when David Praises, now in the Real Madrid, settled like head office and Alphonso Davies 'remained' like left side. Both were key players for the plan of a Flick that, with Benjamin Pavard in the right, bet for playing with two sides ultraofensivos, with Kimmich and Thiago in the double pivote (with the Teutonic 'colándose' in the lowest part of the field) and Alcántara associating with the most advanced players. With the two sides 'strengthened' to the centre of the field and freed to players like Thomas Müller, Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Eat and, especially, Robert Lewandowski infló in goals during his stage.

The offensive phase was the big strong point of the muniqueses under the orders of Flick, without place to doubts. The balloons in long, combinations between extremes and lateral, the exchange of positions and the solvency that showed Lewandoski surpassing to the rival head offices and appearing by the internal corridors, especially in the left were some of the key factors. Müller assumed even more chevrons in the team and was used to to position by behind the forward, moving constantly for triangular, especially with Pavard and afterwards 'Lewy' and offer eases. It was a line with a lot of mobility and that surrendered almost by inertia.

Solutions in defence

In addition to being a 'bullet' to offensive level, the Bayern of Flick gave a lot of solvencies in the low zone, improved by the incessant pressure and the occupation of the spaces. It was an effect dominated: the attackers tried to occupy the width of the field, to avoid that his rival was able to surpass the one who was the first line of pressure and offer sufficient time so that the sides and Thiago, like pivote, covered the internal corridors, practically 'forcing' to the changes of game and winning, constantly, the individual duels.