Overwhelming dominance: Hansi Flick's Barça closes LaLiga 24/25 with 16 thrashings

FC Barcelona closed LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25 with a comfortable victory against Athletic Club (0-3) which meant the sixteenth thrashing of the team led by Hansi Flick in a tournament where they were clear dominators from start to finish.

Barça obtained 57.14% of their 28 victories in La Liga by way of thrashing. Not in vain, the 'culés' surpassed the barrier of 100 goals (102) for the first time in eight years, defeating 18 of their 19 rivals in the tournament and with the title decided a couple of matchdays before the end of the season.

Only Betis (2-2 and 1-1) avoided falling in La Liga against Flick's team, although in the Copa del Rey (5-1 in the round of 16) the 'verdiblancos' had fallen in a resounding way. 

The thrashings, seal of the La Liga 24/25 title for Barça

Barça closed the first round with a total of 7 thrashings against Valladolid (7-0), Girona (1-4), Villarreal (1-5), Alavés (0-3), Sevilla (5-1), Real Madrid (0-4) and Mallorca (1-5).

In the second round, where the team only lost one match in 19 presentations (16 wins and 2 draws), Barça achieved another 9 victories by a wide margin against Valencia (7-1), Sevilla (1-4), Real Sociedad (4-0), Atlético de Madrid (2-4), Osasuna (3-0), Girona (4-1) and Athletic Club (0-3).

Against Celta and Real Madrid (both triumphs by 4-3), although the difference was only one goal, they can be considered as thrashings due to the number of goals scored. The 'merengues', in fact, took 8 goals in both Clásicos.

The team that conceded the most goals of the season by Barça, after Madrid (16 in 4 matches) was Valencia (9), considering that the 'ché' team also received 5 in the Copa del Rey (14). In La Liga, Valladolid and Sevilla also received 9 goals in their 2 matches against Flick's team.

Of those 16 thrashings, on five occasions the Catalan team scored 5 or more goals. On another eight occasions, the 'culés' scored 4 goals, while the other three thrashings were by a difference of 3-0 (Alavés, Osasuna and Ahtletic).

Barça matches with 5 or more goals in LaLiga 24/25

1. Barça 7-0 Valladolid (matchday 4)
2. Villarreal 1-5 Barça (matchday 6)
3. Barça 5-1 Sevilla (matchday 10)
4. Mallorca 1-5 Barça (matchday 19)
5. Barça 7-1 Valencia (matchday 21)

Flick's Barcelona, leading scorer in the European elite

In that sense, Barça's attack in 24-25 has been overwhelming from start to finish. The 'culés' led the five major leagues in Europe in terms of goals scored (102), with 3 more than Bayern Munich (99) and 10 ahead of Paris Saint-Germain (92).

The Bavarians, however, have a better average of goals per match than Barcelona (2.68). Bayern scored their 99 goals in 34 matches, averaging 2.91 goals per match. PSG, for their part, closed the year with 2.42 goals per matchday.

In England, Liverpool, Premier League champion, scored 86 goals (2.26), while, in Italy, Inter Milan, despite finishing second in the standings, was the top scorer of the tournament with 79 (2.07 per match).

In Europe, the only team with more goals than Barça this season in elite leagues was PSV Eindhoven, champion of the Eredivisie with 103 goals in 34 matches. Celtic Glasgow scored 112 goals in the Scottish league, a third-rate championship. 

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