Hansi Flick received one of the most painful news this Sunday hours before the most important game of the season. The father of the German Barcelona coach died on Sunday morning, a few hours before the Clásico against Real Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou. Despite the news, Flick could not travel to Germany to be with his family and decided to stay in Barcelona to lead his team in a match that could crown the Barça team as mathematical champions of LaLiga 2025-26.
Barcelona communicated the news through an official statement in which they expressed their support for the coach. “FC Barcelona and the entire Blaugrana family want to send our love to Hansi Flick for the death of his father. We share his pain and we accompany him in this difficult time for him and his family”noted the club in its official note.
Flick will remain focused with his players, to coach this Sunday at the Spotify Camp Nou. The figure of Flick’s father was decisive in the formation of the German coach’s character. Flick himself recognized the influence of his father. “I am very grateful to my father for everything he made possible for me. Maybe that’s where my ability to perceive changes with such precision comes from.”expressed the coach, revealing the weight that his father had in his development as a coach and as a person.
A match full of emotion
The Barcelona players will seek to dedicate a victory to their coach that will partially mitigate the pain of the loss of their father. The Barça team arrives at the Clásico with 88 points and 11 ahead of Real Madrid, so a draw would be enough to mathematically become champions of LaLiga 2025-26 in what would be the first time in history that a team celebrates the title in a Clásico against its eternal rival.
Flick, who has led Barcelona in a season of absolute dominance in LaLiga, will face the most emotional game of his career as a coach. Their players will know that beyond the title they are playing for something much bigger this Sunday at the Camp Nou, in what promises to be a night full of emotion on and off the field for the Barça team and its German coach.
FC Barcelona and the entire Blaugrana family wish to send all our love to Hansi Flick after the passing of his father. We share in your sorrow and our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 10, 2026