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Since taking up as supervisor at FC Barcelona, Hansi Flick has completed an excellent job, turning a staff that didn’t win any trophies final season right into a contender for a possible treble, whereas already main them to the Spanish Tremendous Cup triumph.
Certainly, Barcelona are at present the leaders in La Liga, are within the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, and made it by to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League earlier this week and are favourites to go all the way in which.
One step away from Xavi’s document
Now, as reported by AS, Flick is only one match away from equalling Xavi Hernandez’s greatest unbeaten run as Barcelona supervisor.
The German coach has led his staff to 17 consecutive matches with out defeat. If Barcelona keep away from dropping in opposition to Atletico Madrid on Sunday on the Metropolitano, he’ll attain 18 video games unbeaten, matching Xavi’s document from the 2022/23 season.
The Blaugrana have but to lose in 2025, boasting a formidable document of 14 wins and three attracts, scoring 54 objectives and conceding simply 17 throughout this streak Their final defeat got here in opposition to Atletico Madrid at Montjuïc (1-2) on 21 December.
Since then, they’ve gone unbeaten, overcoming groups throughout a number of competitions. Within the Copa del Rey, they defeated Barbastro (0-4) and Actual Betis (5-1). Within the Supercopa, they beat Athletic Membership (0-2) and Actual Madrid (2-5).
Flick on monitor to equal Xavi’s 18-game unbeaten streak. (Picture by Fran Santiago/Getty Photographs)
In La Liga, they drew with Getafe (1-1) however recorded wins over Valencia (7-1), Sevilla (1-4), Rayo Vallecano (1-0), Las Palmas (0-2), Alaves (1-0), and Actual Sociedad (4-0).
Their Champions League marketing campaign included a dramatic 4-5 victory over Benfica and a 2-2 draw with Atalanta, whereas they knocked the Portuguese outfit out within the Spherical of 16 (0-1 and 3-1).
Xavi’s 18-game unbeaten streak in 2022/23
Xavi’s personal document run started on 29 October 2022, with a 1-0 victory over Valencia at Mestalla, and ended on 23 February 2023, when Barcelona misplaced 2-1 at Previous Trafford to Manchester United, crashing out of the Europa League.
Throughout that interval, the staff received 15 matches and drew three, pulling forward of Actual Madrid within the La Liga title race. In complete, Xavi’s staff scored 37 objectives and conceded 13 throughout the run.
Whereas Flick and Xavi’s data are spectacular, they fall far wanting the longest unbeaten run within the membership’s historical past.
Luis Enrique holds that document, going an unimaginable 39 matches with out defeat within the 2015/16 season. His staff received 32 video games, drew seven, scored 122 objectives, and conceded simply 23.
Subsequent in line is Ernesto Valverde, who went 29 matches unbeaten within the 2017/18 season. Pep Guardiola follows intently with a 28-game streak in 2010/11.
If Flick avoids defeat in opposition to Atletico, he’ll then set his sights on matching Tata Martino’s 20-game unbeaten run in 2013/14.
