Barcelona coach Hansi Flick says that his team is only focusing on themselves after beating Seville 4-1 on Sunday to move within two points of Real Madrid of LaLiga leaders.
Robert Lewandowski, Fermín López, Raphinha and Eric García were in El Blanco when Barça took advantage of the draw in the Madrid Derby on Saturday to leave only two points separating the first three in Spain, with Atlético Madrid still second, a point by In front of Barça in the third third.
“We don't care about the other clubs,” Flick said at a press conference after a weekend that revived the race for the title in Spain.
“We have to do our job. We did it today really well. We want to focus on ourselves, not the other teams.”
Barça is now undefeated in 11 games in all competitions in 2025. They have scored four or more goals in seven of those games.
Atlético coach Diego Simeone said on Saturday they are the best team in the country.
“I think in LaLiga there are four or five teams that are really good,” Flick replied when Simeone's comments were given.
“We are one of them. We have our style, how we want to play. We focus on that, not on other things.”
Barça's victory against Sevilla in Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday was not exempt from obstacles.
Ruben Vargas quickly canceled the initial objective of Lewandowski, with Ronald Araújo and then injured herself after 20 minutes. The defender will undergo evidence in an ankle problem on Monday.
The substitute López restored the leadership of Barça at the beginning of the second half, with Raphinha adding the third before López was expelled in the time of the hour, only 15 minutes after coming.
Flick was especially satisfied with the way his team saw the game, with Garcia heading at the end of the room so that the 10 men seal the victory.
“I am really proud of the team because when we get the red card, it's a good lesson for us,” he said.
“It is not our style or the way we want to play, with a 4-4-1 [formation]But we defend very well and, of course, we score again, so I'm very happy for that. “
Barça players will be rewarded for victory with three days off as Flick takes advantage of a free half of the week, won through the qualification directly for the last 16 of the Champions League, to give a little to his squad .
“Now we have a good situation and we want it to continue,” said Flick. “When we won three points today, I said three days off.
“Then, the team has three days to recover. They deserve it. I said they don't do stupid things, take care of your body, your recovery, then on Thursday we start preparing for the next game against Rayo [Vallecano] Mondays. “
