Hansi Flick is hoping for a winning homecoming as Barcelona play at Camp Nou for the first time in 2026, though he wants his side to stay focused for the full 90 minutes.
Sunday’s contest against Real Oviedo will be Barcelona’s first game at home since the turn of the year.
The Blaugrana head into it having surrendered first place in LaLiga to Real Madrid, who beat Villarreal 2-0 on Saturday.
In both their 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad in LaLiga and their 4-2 win over Slavia Praha in the Champions League, Flick’s side shipped the opening goal – an issue he acknowledges as a pressing concern.
"We’re back home and we want to win," Flick said.
"Lately, the opposition have always scored first, and we want to avoid that. We’ve made some mistakes, and that’s why the goals have come. Perhaps we need to be more focused, for the full 90 minutes.
"Teams defend with everything they’ve got against us. Defending is more complicated. We have to be prepared. We’ve talked about it, and we have to do it."
Flick also defended his side’s midweek performance against Slavia, with Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, and Robert Lewandowski netting to seal victory.
"We don’t have much time to train [set pieces], but we’ve talked about it. In Prague, it was different. I don’t want to make excuses, but it was very cold and they had very tall players," he added.
"It’s important to be well-positioned, and we’ve discussed it. At Barca, we don’t usually have tall players, but they’ve always been able to manage it."
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Barcelona – Lamine Yamal
Yamal leads the assist charts in LaLiga this season, having provided eight.
Only Michael Olise and Mohamed Salah have registered more assists than Yamal's 21 across the five big European leagues since the start of the 2024-25 campaign.
Real Oviedo – Federico Vinas
Federico Vinas has scored in his last two LaLiga matches for Real Oviedo (one goal against Alaves and one against Osasuna).
He could become just the third player to score in three consecutive games in the competition for the Asturian side this century, after Jaime and Oli both did so back in 2001.
OyeniyRaphael
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Barcelona must win La Liga because it's the only competition they can manage, stop fighting for major trophies because you are not able to fight internationally unless you get big names... Fight for La Liga else Madrid is stronger than you to smash the cup
Remove Barcelona batch from profile,goat dat hide in sheep clothe
zuuacdlruz
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Barcelona must win La Liga because it's the only competition they can manage, stop fighting for major trophies because you are not able to fight internationally unless you get big names... Fight for La Liga else Madrid is stronger than you to smash the cup
go watch handball kido football is not for ppl like you
zuuacdlruz
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In UCL, Arsenal has conceded only two goals in seen games. Barca conceded 13. Flick is a joke.
stfup kido
Darmeji
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oga which kind of formation be this how balde go play center as how na
JPSTANCE
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Barca philosophy. “You score two against us we score 4 or 5.”
GaddafiJamal
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In UCL, Arsenal has conceded only two goals in seen games. Barca conceded 13. Flick is a joke.
Do We Play Same Football Style? You Just Don’t Have Sense 🤧🤮
Judas_is_cariot
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Una wey dey always put rashford for first team like this, una dey watch ball at all so??? Because from what I’ve observed, Rashford is usually the weakest link in our attack, he only looks good when he suddenly pops up with a goal or assist, and Raphinha on the other hand isn’t particularly effective in the number 10 role, una dey watch ball at all????
Judas_is_cariot
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Just listen to yourself speak..does Barca have the calibre of players Arsenal had? And who told you Arsenal will win champions League this season it's better to be quiet when you common sense is far from you
Thank you for this reply, some football fans are just gullible to say the list
Buyadlmnsy
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this coach,for two years you still cannot fix your defence
Come and assist him to fix it..takwali
Buyadlmnsy
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Barcelona must win La Liga because it's the only competition they can manage, stop fighting for major trophies because you are not able to fight internationally unless you get big names... Fight for La Liga else Madrid is stronger than you to smash the cup
Common sense indeed is not common get a life bro
Buyadlmnsy
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In UCL, Arsenal has conceded only two goals in seen games. Barca conceded 13. Flick is a joke.
Just listen to yourself speak..does Barca have the calibre of players Arsenal had? And who told you Arsenal will win champions League this season it's better to be quiet when you common sense is far from you
viwbelptuy
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Granted Flick is not able to fix his defense in two years but he has won every available trophy in Spain that's on offer. And he has started this year on the same trajectory, by first winning the super Copa and currently leading the La Liga albeit with the same leaky defense but against the galaticos of Real Madrid.
Puzbdelop
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In UCL, Arsenal has conceded only two goals in seen games. Barca conceded 13. Flick is a joke.
AFerusmc6546
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this coach,for two years you still cannot fix your defence
Mumu
AFerusmc6546
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Barcelona must win La Liga because it's the only competition they can manage, stop fighting for major trophies because you are not able to fight internationally unless you get big names... Fight for La Liga else Madrid is stronger than you to smash the cup
U b mumu big one
MichaelColemanJr
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Barcelona must win La Liga because it's the only competition they can manage, stop fighting for major trophies because you are not able to fight internationally unless you get big names... Fight for La Liga else Madrid is stronger than you to smash the cup
sybau
jsimambo
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Barcelona must win La Liga because it's the only competition they can manage, stop fighting for major trophies because you are not able to fight internationally unless you get big names... Fight for La Liga else Madrid is stronger than you to smash the cup
Yiccdmnoty
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best team and the best coach
Kusabinsyz
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this coach,for two years you still cannot fix your defence
kandmopty
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Roeemnruy
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hello
kandmopty
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olusoji15
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An Easy win for us
qwekulavish
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Win 🏆 Barca