When a player changes teams, he begins a process of adaptation to the new reality surrounding him. In some cases, it takes less time, in others, longer. And there are even footballers who never really get used to the team that signed him. Most changes also test the player's ability to adjust to social changes: a new club, a new city in most cases, and, perhaps, the need to learn a new language and acclimatize to a different league. In this case, Nico Williams, the winger that Barça wants, We might think this process will be a piece of cake.

Barça is now La Liga champion. It's the 28th time thanks to a team that has reconnected with its fans. It's also thanks to a German coach few knew beyond the 8-2 defeat in Lisbon. Hansi Flick has healed those wounds by making Barça compete in Europe for the first time in many years and, following the legacy of Johan Cruyff, has managed to build a brave, uninhibited, attractive, and winning team.

Barça failed to beat Inter Milan at home (3-3), But he's loaded up on arguments to believe he can do just that at the Giuseppe Meazza. Below, we'll list a few, starting with the individual and ending with the collective.

Inter Milan, current Italian champions and Serie A leaders, will be Barça's rival in the European Cup semi-final. The club was born from a split from AC Milan on March 9, 1908. It took place at the Ristorante Orologio in the Lombard capital, and the will was clearly cosmopolitan: "This wonderful night grants us the colors of our crest: black and blue on a golden background of stars." More than a century has passed, and Inter is, on its own merits, one of the greatest clubs in Italy and the entire continent. Today, in terms of football, we are talking about the most stable and powerful project in the transalpine country. Simone Inzaghi has been their coach since the summer of 2021 and, beyond the titles, he has laid some very solid foundations.

When Ernesto Valverde became Barça's new manager in the summer of 2017, his plan was to bring Iñigo Martínez into the team. At the time, the left-footed center-back from Ondarroa was still playing for Real Sociedad. The signing never materialized because the Blaugrana had prestigious players, including in the back line, who advised against the move. Months later, Iñigo ended up at Athletic Club. Ultimately, Last season was the season of his arrival at Barça. Hampered by injuries, the defender didn't have the continuity he desired with Xavi Hernández on the bench. It wasn't until this 2024-2025 season, under Hansi Flick, that he became a mainstay for Barça.

The 2020 Bayern Munich team had very distinct tactical characteristics, players with a high technical level, and also notable conditioning abilities. They were a well-coached team, but above all, they impressed with their mentality. They played as if they didn't fear losing, or as if defeat simply wasn't an possibility. The players in the squad, the same ones who were playing poorly under Niko Kovač, blindly believed in Hansi Flick's idea and implemented it with a degree of fanaticism that surprised many.

Now the story goes that Lamine Yamal has gone months without scoring in a league match for Barça. The counter is still running because he has not scored a goal since October 26, in that great victory on the Real Madrid field. So what? Reducing footballers to numbers is a possibility, but it is usually the choice of those who do not understand the game. In the same way that football has become filled with superfluous statistics that say absolutely nothing, it is ridiculous to explain Lamine Yamal through the goals he scores or fails to score.

Now the story goes that Lamine Yamal has gone months without scoring in a league match for Barça. The counter is still running because he has not scored a goal since October 26, in that great victory on the Real Madrid field. So what? Reducing footballers to numbers is a possibility, but it is usually the choice of those who do not understand the game. In the same way that football has become filled with superfluous statistics that say absolutely nothing, it is ridiculous to explain Lamine Yamal through the goals he scores or fails to score.

Barça is once again the leader of the league championship. The victory against Rayo, by the minimum and full of arbitration controversy, does not hide the fact that Flick's team has recovered certain elements of the game that captivated everyone in the first weeks of the season. It is true that Barça lost the thread in certain games, but the current feeling is that the idea has matured and that now the team coached by the German coach has things very clear.