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Flick says too soon for trophy talk at Barca
The Straits Times
|October 25, 2024
BARCELONA - Barcelona coach Hansi Flick insisted it was too early to say his team were contenders to win the Champions League, even after they hammered six-time winners Bayern Munich 4-1 on Oct 23.
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The Catalans last won the trophy in 2015 and had lost their previous six matches against Bayern, but they crushed last season's semi-finalists at the Olympic Stadium with Raphinha scoring a hat-trick.
"It's too soon (to say we're contenders), we just started the season, we're on a long road in La Liga and the Champions League," Flick told reporters.
"We're aiming to go game by game and we're preparing ourselves like that."
La Liga leaders Barcelona face Spanish and European champions Real Madrid on Oct 26 in a mouth-watering league Clasico, which will be another key test for Flick's side.
"We're obviously very proud of the result tonight but on Saturday it continues, another hard game against a team with a name that everybody knows," he added.
"We want to put on another great performance..
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