Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has called for defensive improvement from his team this season as they begin the 2025-26 season against Mallorca away from home in La Liga on Saturday, Afrosport reports.
The Catalan giants have been known to be very ruthless in attack, led by Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal, who scored a total of 78 goal involvements in the Spanish top flight last season.
The high pressing demands of Flick, however, has left the Barca defensive exposed on multiple occasions, evidenced by the 7-6 aggregate defeat to Inter Milan in last seasonβs UEFA Champions League semi-final.
“For me, it’s not always fun, sometimes I really suffer a lot,” the former Bayern Munich boss said.
“I’m really happy with what we are doing [in general], and of course, football is a game of making mistakes. Hopefully, we can make things better and make fewer mistakes.
“I know that we have to improve [defensively] and we will do it [in the new] season.β
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Barcelona have signed Spanish goalkeeper Joan Garcia from Espanyol, Swedish winger Roony Bardghji from FC Copenhagen and Marcus Rashford on loan from Manchester United
Meanwhile, 12 players have departed the club, most recently defender Inigo Martinez to Saudi Pro League giants Al-Nassr.
