According to German newspaper Kicker, Flick has led Barcelona to six consecutive wins in official matches and set a club record with a 78.75% win rate in the league. Club members rate Flick even higher than the men's team as a whole.

Barcelona won all five opening league matches after defeating Levante 4-2 away on Sunday. The last time Barcelona achieved this was in 2024, when the team even started with seven consecutive wins.

Barcelona's best start is eight consecutive wins, achieved in 2013, tied with Atlético Madrid. Atlético Madrid went on to win the league that season. Last season, Real Madrid also started with five consecutive wins but ultimately fell well short of the league title.

Of course, it is far too early to draw conclusions. Flick warned before the match against Levante: "I think it's good that we enjoy our current situation, but if we change our attitude, things will go in the wrong direction."

In the fifth minute, 19-year-old left-back Xavi Espart scored his first goal in an official match. Yamal extended the lead to 2-0 after receiving an assist from captain Raphinha, who has been in excellent form in recent weeks. After Yamal converted a penalty to make it 3-0, Barcelona played with too much complacency, conceding two goals in quick succession and giving Levante a glimpse of hope for an equalizer. Barcelona only secured victory when Adeyemi scored to make it 4-2.

Including a 5-1 victory in the Champions League last week over Feyenoord, Barcelona has won all six official matches. Flick stated: "We want to win the Champions League, but we also want to win the league title for the third consecutive time."

Flick also said: "We are at a very high level right now, but we must prove that in every match. We know our capabilities, but we must maintain our focus, our mentality, and play with intensity."

Therefore, Flick fielded almost all key players against Levante, including Yamal, Raphinha, Rodri, Pedri, and new signing Anthony Gordon. Like Gordon, Adeyemi is also a new signing. Although Adeyemi scored a spectacular goal against Feyenoord, he remained on the bench for this match, and World Cup winner Dani Olmo also did not start. With few injuries in the squad, Flick is currently facing an embarrassment of riches.

Regarding captain Raphinha, who had previously scored in every official match, Flick said: "At his current level, he belongs among the best footballers in the world."

Currently, it seems nearly impossible to imagine who could stop Barcelona. The statistics also clearly support "Flick's plan." After a 5-0 away victory over Valencia last week—his 63rd win in his 80th league match managing Barcelona—Flick became the Barcelona coach with the highest win rate in club history at 78.75%. Guardiola achieved 61 wins in 80 league matches at that time, and Luis Enrique, now managing Paris Saint-Germain, achieved 62 wins.

A survey also shows that Flick has received high approval from Barcelona members. The club has Feedback d'Investigació Aplicada conduct a survey at the beginning of each season, covering 3,000 club members. Members gave the board's decision to extend Flick's contract until 2028 a score of 9.5 out of 10.

No one else scored higher than Flick, and even the men's team as a whole received only 9.0. Flick said humbly about this: "I am just the coach; the players are more important than the coach."

In contrast, Laporta's administration scored 7.3, and the delay in Camp Nou renovation scored 6.6. Due to a total debt of approximately 2 billion euros, the club's financial situation was also heavily criticized, with a score of just 5.7.

In terms of the league's financial fair play, Barcelona's situation has improved. The club currently has a total wage bill of 582.7 million euros, an increase of about 150 million euros since March. Barcelona's current wage bill is below the league limit of approximately 500 million euros, set according to the club and its financial situation, for the first time in many years, but still lags behind Real Madrid's 832.7 million euros.

However, Barcelona's "financial success" is still based on borrowing. The club recently had to secure 210 million euros in special revenue through the sale of television rights to enable new transfer market operations in January, if necessary.

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