Hansi Flick remarks on Barcelona’s recent La Liga win over Rayo Vallecano

Catalan giants, FC Barcelona are off to a flying start under the management of their newly appointed Germain manager Hansi Flick, securing three consecutive League wins that has put them in first place on the La Liga points table with 9 points in 3 matches so far this 2024-25 season. The Blaugrana faced Rayo Vallecano in a challenging away fixture on Tuesday evening. The visitors had been trailing by a goal in the first half, scoring the opener inside 10 minutes of play. 

The Catalans demonstrated resilience to pull off a thrilling late comeback in the second half, via the goals from Pedri and their latest €55 million arrival from Bundesliga Dani Olmo’s inspirational cameo to register a 2-1 win. 

Meanwhile, Dani Olmo has finally made his debut appearance for the Spanish club after a long struggle to register the attacking midfielder in the squad due to financial woes 

Following their first away win against Rayo Vallecano since 2018, the German manager reflected on the match and Olmo’s debut appearance for Barcelona in the post-match press conference, while addressing the media. 

“That’s why [Dani Olmo] is on our team.” flick stated,  “The first few minutes were not good for us, we didn’t press well, and we couldn’t make any combinations, but in the second half, the team and Dani played a great match.”

He added, “When you look at the results from the last few years we expected a difficult match, but tonight we managed to win. In the second half, we made good combinations and we got three more points, and it’s now nine out of nine.”