The team of coach Hansi Flick comes to a 4: 2 in Madrid after a 0-2 deficit.
FC Barcelona’s impressive catch-up in the top game at Atlético Madrid was enthusiastic about the former soccer national coach Hansi Flick. “The mentality was unbelievable. The way we won was fantastic,” said the 60-year-old, after his team converted a 0-2 deficit into a 4: 2 (0: 1). Young star Lamine Yamal (90.+2) and Ferran Torres (90.+8) only ensured victory in added time.
“For the fans and everyone else it was a great game, not for the coaches. But it doesn’t matter, we won three important points,” said Flick: “I’m very happy about it.” Due to the success, the Catalans passed the archrival Real Madrid (both 60 points), Atlético (56) is still third. Barca has played one game less than the competitors.
Julian Alvarez (45th) and Alexander Sörloth (70th) met for Atlético, who had failed unhappily in the Champions League round of 16 during the week at the city rival. Barcelona, quarterfinal opponents of Borussia Dortmund in the premier class, equalized by Robert Lewandowski (72nd) and Torres (78th), then Yamal and Torres again struck. At the beginning of April, Barca had to go back to Atlético in the semi -final second leg of the Spanish cup – the first leg ended 4: 4.
Defending champion Real had initially pushed the top on Saturday thanks to superstar Kylian Mbappé. The French world champion in 2018 scored both goals at 2-1 (2: 1) at FC Villarreal. After an early deficit by Juan Foyth (8th), Mbappé (17th, 23rd) quickly turned the game. At the beginning, coach Carlo Ancelotti protected some of his strained stars, so DFB defense chief Antonio Rüdiger was sitting on the bench until the 62nd minute.