Barcelona emerge as the best counter-attacking team in La Liga this season | OneFootball

FC Barcelona have emerged as one of the most entertaining teams in Spain and Europe since the arrival of Hansi Flick on the Blaugrana bench, and their attacking proficiency is confirmed by the fact that they have already scored 113 goals in the 4 official competitions they have played in.

With their current scoring rate, the Catalans are on track to beating their own record from the 2011-12 season, when they scored 190 goals in total.

Furthermore, there has been a lot of variety in the goals scored by Barcelona, and traditionally being a possession-based side, one of the more distinct characteristics of their attacking style has been their efficiency with counter-attacks.

In fact, Mundo Deportivo reports that Hansi Flick’s side is the team that has carried out the most counter-attacks in La Liga this season (35), and also the one which has taken the most advantage of these counter-attacks by scoring 7 goals.

Real Valladolid, Sevilla, Real Madrid, and Valencia were the teams that suffered the most from the blitzing counter-attacks of the Blaugrana team.

The Brazilian star Raphinha has been one of the tools whose speed has allowed the team to execute their counter-attacks with such a high degree of efficiency, and he has already scored 4 goals with these counters, while Lamine Yamal has also been a frequent contributor.

The pinnacle of their counter-attacking ability was showcased in the La Liga game against Real Madrid when Raphinha and Yamal scored Barcelona’s third and fourth goals in quick succession through fatal counters. They then repeated these feats in the high-scoring match against Valencia, which ended 7-1 in the Catalans’ favor.

With several games still left in La Liga, the Blaugranes are expected to further build on this number. But without a doubt, Flick has been able to bring a lot of variety to his team’s style of play, and this efficiency with counter-attacks just goes on to show the good job he has done in this regard.