🙏🏼Three wishes for Barcelona fans in 2026

Football Club Barcelona finished as the leader of La Liga in 2025, but that will mean little if they don’t deliver a top-level 2026.

So here are the three wishes of Barcelona fans for the new year...

Return to those youthful days

Football Club Barcelona won their last Champions League in 2015 and since then, they’ve been trying to relive that moment for over a decade.

Now, Hansi Flick, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha and company will try again to achieve what they came just two steps short of last season. Those dramatic final minutes at the Meazza shattered a dream that seemed closer than ever.

If Messi lifted the last Champions League trophy, Lamine Yamal wants to do the same; if Neymar lifted the last ‘Big Ears’, Raphinha wants to follow in his footsteps; if Luis Suárez managed to be the king of Europe, Lewandowski wants that too. So, with that dream, Barcelona begins the year.

Win everything at the national level

Barça will aim to win it all and once again put distance between themselves and Real Madrid on the national stage.

The first challenge will come in just a few days, when they face Athletic Club in the semifinals and either Real Madrid or Atlético de Madrid in the final of the Spanish Super Cup.

After that, they’ll look to win the Copa del Rey, a title they also claimed last year.

All of this leads up to finishing a league in which they went into the Christmas break with an advantage after winning at La Cerámica. To start this challenge, a tough match awaits against Espanyol in a derby that promises to be very heated.

All in the same boat, united as one

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One of the things that has caused Hansi Flick the most trouble, and which was perfectly captured in the viral image of his talk with Raphinha after a victory, is getting everyone to buy into his plan together.

If his defense performs well in open play, his midfield presses, and the forwards work during the defensive phase, they can be contenders for everything. But only if everyone does it together, united as one.

Because when we’ve seen Barça not play as a unit and not attack and defend together, opponents have found their weak spots. That’s why the team had a rough patch at the start of the season, and now that they’ve improved, they’re getting closer to their best level.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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