Hansi Flick says Barcelona’s 5-0 victory over Valencia within the Copa del Rey quarter-finals epitomises the attacking play he needs from his workforce.
Barca prolonged their unbeaten run to 10 video games in all competitions after up an early four-goal lead, led by a hat-trick from Ferran Torres, who stepped in for LaLiga and Champions League top-scorer Robert Lewandowski as Flick rested gamers.
He scored the quickest hat-trick for Barcelona in any competitors (half-hour) since Samuel Eto’o did it in LaLiga in opposition to Almeria in October 2008 (28′).
It’s the second sport in a row within the Copa del Rey that Barcelona have netted 5 targets, having additionally scored 4 of their opening sport of the competitors this time period in opposition to Barbastro.
“It’s wonderful and it’s the fashion we need to play,” Flick informed TVE.
“The starvation this workforce has to all the time go after the following purpose after which many times is simply exceptional.
“This can be a younger workforce that has discovered the right way to play in concord and with the rhythm we needed and they’re all the time targeted in scoring targets.”
Barcelona have scored 109 targets in 35 matches in all competitions this season, a median of over three targets per sport, and just one purpose lower than the 110 in 53 video games they netted in the whole 2023-24 marketing campaign.
The Blaugrana had been eradicated in two of their earlier 4 Copa del Rey quarter-finals previous to Thursday’s victory, and higher final season’s end result as they have been knocked out within the final eight by Athletic Bilbao.
Barcelona joined Actual Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Actual Sociedad within the two-legged semi-finals, with the draw set to happen on Wednesday.
“It was a terrific end result which was essential for us, I’m very proud of the best way the workforce performed,” Flick mentioned.
“They have been targeted from the beginning, creating possibilities and being aggressive and it was good that we managed to attain early, it helped us quite a bit.”