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The coach?s managerial acumen came to the fore Half-time at the Santiago Bernabeu in El Clasico. Real Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
It had been a competitive half where alarm bells were rung quite repeatedly for the away side every time Vinicius Jr. and Kylian Mbappe set off behind the opponents? defence, looking to exploit the infamous high line deployed by Barcelona?s back-four. The relentless pursuit looked set to continue in the second 45 as well.
Full-time at the Santiago Bernabeu in El Clasico. Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona.
So how did Barcelona go from being put under pressure to catching the speedy Real Madrid strike duo offside for the entirety of the first-half and then grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck and tearing their rivals apart with incredible ease in the second" Enter Hans-Dieter Flick.
Straight out of the tunnel for the second-half, Flick rolled his dice when he subbed off Fermin Lopez for Frenkie de Jong and pushed Pedri up as the number 10. And boy didn?t it pay off handsomely.

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For all of the talk pre-game about Barcelona?s ridiculous high line under Hansi Flick and how Vinicius and Mbappe would have a field day running behind the likes of Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez, that initially looked set to happen and the first-half was ridden with such scares.
Barcelona had almost no control over the...