Hansi Flick breaks into Barcelona's top five coaches
Flick has led the table for 61 matchdays in under three seasons, moving past Terry Venables and closing in on Rinus Michels' mark of 63.
Hansi Flick has moved into the top five of Barcelona coaches by number of matchdays spent top of the table.
Only Rinus Michels, with 63, Ernesto Valverde, with 80, Frank Rijkaard, with 85, and Pep Guardiola, with 87, stand above him. Flick has reached his total inside two full seasons and part of a third, whereas each of the four men above him needed at least three campaigns to build theirs. Michels took six seasons to reach 63; Rijkaard needed five for 85; Guardiola's 87 came across four.
Valverde's 80 is a more distant target, and Rijkaard and Guardiola further still, though the trajectory suggests he will keep closing the gap if Barcelona continue to lead from the front as they have done in four of the matchdays played so far this season.
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