Hansi Flick’s exceptional Barcelona reign has produced one other piece of membership historical past, with the German supervisor breaking two data after Sunday’s emphatic victory over Valencia.
Barcelona’s 5-0 win at Mestalla accomplished an ideal opening 4 matchdays and gave Flick’s facet the very best begin in La Liga historical past by way of purpose distinction.
Barça have scored 17 goals and conceded simply two, leaving them with a exceptional +15 differential.
The achievement comes shortly after Flick surpassed Johan Cruyff for essentially the most matchdays spent on the high of La Liga by a Barcelona supervisor.
Now, one other chapter has been added to his quickly rising legacy on the membership.
Barcelona smash historic purpose distinction report
In response to SPORT, Barcelona’s +15 purpose distinction after 4 matches surpasses the earlier membership report of +11.
James Bellamy’s 1929/30 facet, Pep Guardiola’s 2009/10 workforce and Luis Enrique’s 2014/15 squad had all beforehand shared the benchmark.
Every recorded 4 victories with a +11 purpose distinction throughout their respective begins.
Flick’s present facet have emphatically gone past that mark, because the 17 targets scored throughout 4 video games have been accompanied by solely two conceded.
Barça have additionally matched the second-best begin in La Liga historical past in relation to purpose distinction.
Actual Madrid’s 1958/59 workforce scored 19 targets and conceded 4 throughout their opening 4 fixtures, producing a +15 differential.
The all-time report, nevertheless, stays with one other Actual Madrid facet. Their 1987/88 workforce scored 21 occasions whereas conceding solely as soon as, giving them a +20 purpose distinction.
Flick’s Barcelona proceed rewriting the report e-book
Apparently, Barcelona’s present scoring figures aren’t their best-ever after 4 matches.
The membership scored 19 targets within the opening 4 video games of the 1949/50 marketing campaign and 21 in 1950/51.
Neither of these groups, nevertheless, gained all 4 matches, which means Flick’s begin stands aside for its mixture of targets, outcomes and defensive effectivity.
And the German has now damaged one other report primarily based purely on victories. The win at Mestalla made him the supervisor with essentially the most victories in his first 80 matches answerable for Barcelona.
Flick has now collected 63 wins throughout these opening 80 video games, transferring forward of two of the membership’s most profitable fashionable managers.
Luis Enrique recorded 62 victories in his first 80 matches, whereas Guardiola managed 61.
