JAKARTA - Barcelona closed 2024 with declining performance. Throughout December 2024, they only won two wins, two defeats, and one draw in all competitions.

The result made their La Liga throne collapse. Barcelona are displaced to third place, overtaken by Madrid, Atletico and Real duo.

The defeat against Atletico Madrid in the closing game before the winter break, destroyed Hansi Flick's men.

Los Rojiblancos immediately took control of the standings, Real Madrid stalked him in second place.

In total, in the last seven La Liga matches, Barcelona could only win one win, four defeats, and one draw.

However, it turned out that the series of negative results triggered Barcelona not to give up and compete in the race for the La Liga title.

Hansi Flick saw the defeat against Atletico Madrid in December 2024 instead made him optimistic about advancing forward.

"The last game against Atletico was a very good game. The only thing was that we lost, we were sad because of that."

"However, the way we played was very good. We had to bring this confidence to the next game," said Hansi Flick.

As soon as the holiday was over, the Blaugrana immediately started in 2025 positively. They beat Barbastro 4-0 in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey.

Then, they toppled Athletic Bilbao 2-0 in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup (Supercopa de Espana) to meet Real Madrid in the final.

Barcelona's motivation is increasing because they surprisingly humiliated Real Madrid 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final on Monday, January 13, 2025, early morning WIB, to become champions.

"Every team here now, they want to win titles. Winning titles is good for each team, too for us," Flick said again.

Rows of three consecutive victories in all competitions brought New enthusiasm for Barcelona to realize the target of this season's La Liga champions.

Moreover, they have won their first trophy this season when they won the Spanish Super Cup. The Catalan squad must be excited to look for another trophy throughout 2025.

The Blaugrana will start their journey in La Liga in 2025 by visiting Getafe headquarters on January 19, 2025. However, before that, they had to face Real Betis in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey on January 16, 2025.


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