And why not?

Who would have told us, a while ago, that watching Champions League matches sitting on the sofa would be good news in the middle of February? While big teams like Real Madrid, PSG or Bayern are accumulating wear and tear, Barça is taking a breath before the push towards the quarter that will decide everything. Qualifying for the round of 16 by the fast track was in Hansi Flick's calculating mind from the beginning and, in addition to earning the right to watch other people's suffering with popcorn, his students have been able to go on a three-day summer camp coinciding with the fact that they are back in the game. depend on themselves to win the League! Since he started in 2025, everyone has been putting the German on him and he even arouses the admiration of stylistically antagonistic rivals like Simeone. Let's say it bluntly: Barça is the team that plays the best in Europe.

Who would have told us, on the day of the Gamper, that we would enjoy this season as we are doing? After how the course ended, with the bitter taste of sushi with Xavi and flying daggers, it was difficult to imagine that Flick would fit so well in an absurdly peculiar and complex universe like that of Barça. Above all, because he was a true alien who even today has no idea of isms or fratricidal wars. The romance with the club was not only automatic but has been in crescendoThe coach exudes a charismatic aura that has cast a spell on the dressing room and has become the perfecter of a generation of irreverent youth led by the limitless talent of Lamine Yamal. But that's not all: he has brought out the best Pedri, he has brought back Lewandowski, he has given a new dimension to Raphinha... and he is even resurrecting a dead man like De Jong!

Who would have told us, before Christmas, that we would now think that the treble is a possible dream? The "shit november"He showed us that what the team needs to improve is maturity in less sexy settings: a lesson they are already learning to aspire to the League. The eroticism of the Champions League is fuel: against strong opponents, the excitement and exuberance accompany them to the limits of their imagination and, precisely, this one in the Super Cup or the comeback by Da Luz exemplify, in very different ways, why this team is capable of anything when it comes to living or dying. It also applies to the Cup, Atlético and the hypothetical classic in the final.