Barça lives in a state of happiness

The feeling of happiness is spreading like wildfire through Barcelona. It's the only club in Europe in a position to win it all twice in the same season. Its men's team won treble titles in 2009 and 2015, and its women's team did so in 2021 and 2024. Now, both have reached the end of April with a chance of achieving the triple crown (plus the Super Cup) at the same time. In the last instance where the men were so successful, with Luis Enrique in charge, the club's commitment to the women's team had yet to materialize. But now the stars are lining up to try to achieve a perfect season, multiplied by two.

There's still work to be done, but Flick's team has won the Super Cup and the Copa del Rey, Romeu's team has won the Super Cup and is in the Copa del Rey final, and both are leading the league and are contenders for the Champions League . The girls are already in the final, and the boys are in the semifinals.

Flick's men already have the Super Cup and the Cup and are going for the Champions League and La Liga.

Everything was expected of them, as usual. Expectations were very low with them a year ago. But the change has been astronomical, with unbridled joy like that experienced on Saturday at La Cartuja, a title won against Real Madrid with passion, conviction, and a great deal of Stakhanovism. The Champions League remains, with Inter as a thorn in the side of Montjuïc on Wednesday, and a La Liga title that is underway, pending the Clásico on May 11. What began as a pipe dream a few months ago and what seemed unthinkable last summer is taking shape by leaps and bounds. Flick's team has buoyed Barcelona fans. His players don't see the treble as an obligation, but rather as a burning desire.

Once here, anything is possible. With caution but with ambition. Ever since Flick gave his players permission to dream, they've taken his lead and followed him head on. Just as he's been doing since day one, when he convinced players on the way out that they would be crucial, like Raphinha and Iñigo Martínez. Keeping the differences in mind because they're different positions, Flick has exerted a similar vitamin-enhancing effect on the club and its fanbase to that which Ronaldinho once instilled, but with more of a leader's status as the coach.

Romeu's women are aiming for another perfect season and are in the Champions League final.

A coach who surprised them by putting the defense too far forward in preseason. A coach who pushes them but also pampers them. A man who enjoys watching his children having fun. Because if things don't go wrong ( football is fickle), they have a long road ahead of them. A path the fans want to follow, proud of the victories, the play, and the ability to identify with Lamine Yamal, Cubarsí, Gavi, or Fermín. They could practically be Flick's grandchildren, but they're also the children of a good portion of Catalans.

That symbiosis of quality, discipline, and representativeness is proving to be a delightful combination. They may lose (just one defeat, and at Dortmund, without consequences, in 2025), but they never lose focus on the game itself. In the 95th minute, when the referee disallowed the penalty he had awarded on Raphinha after failing to award one to Ferran, which was indeed a penalty, it would have been logical for a team with such young players to lose control and go wild in extra time. But Barça knew how to beat Real Madrid to the limit, having thrashed them twice this season.

The German coach has won all seven finals he has played in: Laporta hit the nail on the head with him.

Because after the protests of the moment, everyone, from the coach to the last of the players, returned to focusing on the ball, on playing it, and on taking it away from Madrid, just as Koundé did when he stole the ball that brought the Cup to Barcelona . Flick celebrated with a certain serenity, looked at his watch, and maintained his composure. It wasn't over. He had to keep a cool head. He has won all seven finals he has played in as a coach. It's no wonder everyone posed so smiling on the plane back to Barcelona, ​​starting with President Joan Laporta, who was beside himself with joy. He was in his element. With Flick, he hit the nail on the head. Meanwhile, Romeu maintains the tone achieved by Jonatan Giráldez. Barça fever.