Barcelona Has Turned into a Monster / Fear and Trembling Across the World: Are We Really This Flawless?

Many believed Barca's main source of brilliance was Raphinha. But they did not have Raphinha this week, and were the same terrifying monster as before. Perhaps even more terrifying!

According to Sports Three, this week, while playing without its best player this season, Rafinha, Barcelona strengthened its strong position at the top of the La Liga table by presenting a powerful show and winning 3-0 against Getafe. Tim Flake has literally become unattainable. This is not only bad news for Spain's rivals, but it also scares all Europeans. What are the clubs that have to face Hansi Flick's killing machine in the first round of the Champions League in the coming weeks, and what are the contenders who are already worried that they will face this team in the higher stages of the Champions League. A very scary team.

A few weeks ago, after losing 3-1 to Barca, the head coach of Sevilla said in a press conference that he was very, very happy. He spoke to the whole of Europe without compliments and veils and said that this Barça is very, very stubborn and you won't understand what I'm saying until you play in front of them. Go and see the results, they've made everyone five and seven and when my team loses 3-1 it means we've done really well!

Before the start of the long international break, Barcelona was without a doubt the most attractive and efficient team in all the prestigious European leagues, and after FIFA Day, they showed that they want to continue the same trend. Seven wins out of seven La Liga matches with a brilliant record of 31 goals scored and 7 goals conceded along with a five-to-one advantage against Feyenoord in the European Champions League makes us unnecessary to bring other reasons to prove this claim.

After the dull three-week FIFA Day ended, the Catalans faced Getafe, who had similar defensive strength to Barca and had conceded only seven goals in the first seven weeks, but even the absence of the injured Rafinha did not prevent Hansi Flick's team from showing their strength, and they finished the opponent's work without the slightest trouble.

Barça scored the first goal very soon. Pedro, the retired and popular star of the Blaugrana, was watching the game in a special place in the stadium, and everyone wanted this legend to be happy soon. The same thing happened and two minutes had passed since the start of the game when Anthony Gordon, relying on his physical strength and spectacular penetration, shot through the three opposing defenders. His shot deflected off Romero and entered the goal. Barcelona once again showed that there should not be a delay of even a few seconds to watch its matches, sometimes even a delay of thirty seconds in reaching the stadium or sitting in front of the TV will mean missing a goal. So let's remember, we have to plan in such a way that the Barcelona games will be in front of the TV from the zero second.

Flick's students did not see any resistance from the opponent in the rest of the match. The statistics of the game revealed the depth of Getafe's weakness until the 20th minute. Only 15% possession of the ball, without taking a single shot, only 19 passes with 53% accuracy and only one touch of the ball in the Barça penalty area.

The Catalans were patiently circulating the ball to find a way to break through the tight and dense defense of the guests, and Busi's defense was unlocked in the 30th minute with a steal. Romero, the unlucky Getafe defender, managed to get past Dani Olmo under heavy pressure from the press and tried to clear the ball alone from the penalty area, but his uncertain shot was blocked by Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian striker scored the second goal of the match by moving to the width and shooting from the side of the foot of Nemania Godly.

One of the interesting points of the first half of this match was Barcelona's 10 successful tackles against Getafe's players' 6 tackles, even though the host was constantly in an offensive position and Getafe was in a defensive position. This fighting spirit combined with strong pressure from the opponent's field made the attacks of half and half getafe to be suffocated.

Barcelona did not create many goalscoring chances in the second half and managed 1.9 goals, which is not a high number compared to the usual standards of this team, but it should be noted that Getafe had conceded more than two goals in a game only once in 2026 before this match.

Getafe did not show a desire to advance, as if maintaining the result of 2-0 was more important for them than trying to compensate for the difference. This cautious approach didn't help either, and in the 73rd minute, Jule Kandeh was released in the six-yard area without anyone helping him and turned Lamine Yamal's pass into the third goal. The last time this French defender scored was last December. More than a year and two months ago.

The course of the match was so calm and controlled that in the last ten minutes, the 18-year-old Egyptian Hamzeh Padideh got the opportunity to be in the Barcelona team. During the game, Getafe's art was to see Omid Gol 0.12 in the statistics in front of his name and only put the ball into the frame of the goal once. Really, if 44-year-old Victor Valdez had stood in Barca's goal instead of Juan Garcia, there would have been no change in the result.

Flick's men are preparing for Tuesday night's Champions League match against Galatasaray. A strange panic has gripped the whole of Türkiye. The terror of Barcelona.