Hansi Flick has not said anything about the possibility of winning the treble this season. He opened his mouth at the press conference after the final whistle blew last night at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid. Barcelona was already in the Copa del Rey final.
‘You can dream. You are allowed to dream. But we have to stay focused. We have to work hard, which we will do. It is not easy.’
Winning the treble is certainly difficult, very difficult. But Flick’s Barcelona is on that path this season. With 9 matches left, Flick’s team is at the top of the La Liga table, 3 points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid. They have also secured a ticket to the Champions League quarter-finals. And last night, they beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, confirming their place in the final. Barca won 5-4 on aggregate.
Barcelona will face Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final in Seville on April 26. In other words, another El Clasico duel. The final of Spain's annual football competition will be seen after 11 years. In that 2014 final, Gerardo Martino's Barca were defeated 2-1 by Carlo Ancelotti's Real.
But can Ancelotti's team beat Flick's Barca? The question arises, because of Barca's extraordinary performance this year. So far, Flick's Barca have won 18, drawn 3 and scored 65 goals in 21 matches. The last goal scored by Ferran Torres took Barca to the final.
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