Hansi Flick on the history between Barcelona and Bayern Munich: “The past doesn’t matter. The present is what counts.”

Speech at his pre-game press conference (via @iMiaSanMia) Before FC Bayern Munich's Champions League game against Barcelona, ​​former head coach Hansi Flick spoke about his history with the team.

Flick was head coach at Bayern until 2021. During his time at the club, he won six trophies in one year in 2020, when he was signed as an interim replacement for Niko Kovac before taking on the role permanently. Flick would win another Bundesliga a year later before becoming Germany's head coach.

Flick said about the game that was special for him:

Barcelona are also on a major losing streak against Bayern, having not beaten them since a 3-0 win in the 2015 Champions League semi-final. While Flick's Bayern suffered their heaviest defeat since when they were beaten 8-2 in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2020, Bayern won the title this year.

Regarding Barca's series of defeats against Bayern, Flick said:

Since Flick left the Bayern role, Julian Nagelsmann, Thomas Tuchel and Vincent Kompany have all been head coaches. The former midfielder commented on Bayern's season so far under Kompany:

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