A perfect day at Can Barça. Thousands of people have shown that this club is special because you can vote, there's a new stand open that has made the stadium feel spacious, and they've dominated on the pitch, where they didn't have to suffer for a single moment. As if it were a Gamper Trophy match or a barbecue, Sevilla let themselves be led to the slaughter like lambs and made it easy for Flick's Barça.

Barça, with Marc Bernal commanding the midfield and an excellent Lamine Yamal in front of goal, It adds a renowned victory (4-1) against Villarreal. Here are four notes from the match.

"I'm counting on you. Not just for the future, but for this season too. You'll get more playing time, and it will be quality playing time. I want you to stay." Just as he did with Eric Garcia in the winter transfer window last season, Hansi Flick spoke with Marc Bernal in January. Míchel's Girona was tempting him, promising him the playing time he wasn't getting in his second season with the Barça first team, after a dazzling start at seventeen that was cut short by a serious left knee injury. This sentiment was echoed by both Barça and the player's entourage, as well as by Bernal himself. He said it in an interview on the ARAIt was claimed that he was recovered, but until January his presence was minimal: 189 minutes between August and December.

For many weeks, Marc Bernal's future was uncertain. The footballer had returned to play after a serious injury that sidelined him for a year. But the midfielder wasn't getting the playing time he expected. His recovery had gone well, although the team's dynamics had changed. Hansi Flick's Barça was a well-oiled machine, and the player from Berguedà, who had impressed everyone in the three matches he played at the start of the 2024-25 season, had to wait patiently for his turn. It's not easy to go from praise to ostracism, from being indispensable to sitting on the bench. The club asked him to remain calm and showed him, with his contract extension until 2029, that they trusted him. However, things weren't all rosy in the dressing room. And, playing only a few minutes, Doubts arose

The technical departments of Barça and Girona have been in constant contact for weeks. It's no secret that the Montilivi club is looking for reinforcements in this winter transfer window and has seen the Catalan club as a good opportunity to poach players. The problem, as so often happens, is finances, so at Montilivi they're not thinking about signings but rather loan deals until the end of the season. Relations between the clubs are good. Furthermore, from a sporting perspective, Barça considers Girona a good option, since the coach, Míchel, has an attacking style of play that he wants to emulate at the Camp Nou. Quique Cárcel, Girona's sporting director, wants one reinforcement per position. For goalkeeper, the name they like best is Marc-André ter Stegen. Initially, the Barça captain, relegated to the bench since the signing of Joan Garcia, wasn't interested in leaving and wanted to stay in Barcelona to fight for a starting spot. But Girona are persisting and believe that, before the transfer window closes at the end of January, they can secure the player's agreement – they already have Barça's from the start.

"Future." This is the word Marc Bernal used to define himself just a few weeks ago. in an interview with the ARA. The 18-year-old midfielder from Berga burst onto the scene at Hansi Flick's Barça, but a serious knee injury sidelined him for all of last season and the beginning of this one. The club's policy since then has been to remain calm during his recovery process. His desire is to gradually regain his prominence now that, as the player himself, his entourage, and the club confirm, he is "100%" recovered.

The Celta-Barça match was about to begin. Dani Olmo, dressed in the regulation tracksuit, had just sat down on the bench at Balaídos. He was supposed to be a substitute. Suddenly, Hansi Flick approached him. "Casadón's injured, you're playing." Such is football; Olmo not only unexpectedly entered the pitch, but he also played the full 90 minutes and delivered one of his best performances in a Barça shirt. He wasn't the only one. In fact, Barça rediscovered their best form in Vigo Despite the balancing act the coach had to perform due to absences.

Marc Bernal (Berga, 2007) is a clear candidate to be the center of the Barça of the future. He showed his potential in three matches, until an injury from crossword puzzles sidelined him for a year. Now recovered, he's working for ARA at the Ciudad Deportiva. He's wearing shorts that reveal a prominent scar on his left knee, his good leg.

Despite the city of Berga's strong football tradition, no player had ever made it to the Barça first team. The closest examples were Berga natives Oriol Rosell (Puig-reig) and Judit Pujols (Montmajor). That's why Marc Bernal's debut was celebrated in many homes, just as his unfortunate knee injury struck everyone. Almost a year later, his name is back in the spotlight in the city, where people are counting down the days until he returns to the pitch after a devastating knee injury that has kept him out of action since August 27th of last year.