Hansi Flick vs Niko Kovaci, the duel of the former collaborators »Flick's devastating balance sheet + Lewandowski lethal weapon
Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Tuesday, April 08, 2025, 13:12 / Updated Tuesday, April 08, 2025 13:12
Hansi Flick and Niko Kovac collaborated with RB Salzburg and Bayern, on Wednesday will be opponents in the “quarter” Barcelona – Borussia Dortmund.
Even though Wednesday, on Montjuic, Barcelona – Borussia Dortmund announces a match of 1 soloist, there is an element that gives the match a special note. Unlike the December duel, when they lost in Dortmund with 2-3, the yellow-blacks now have Niko Kovac on the bench.
A coach who knows the technician of Barcelona very well, Hansi Flick, as they worked together at RB Salzburg and Bayern Munich. In 2006, in Salzburg, Flick was the second of Giovanni Trapattoni, and Kovac, at the end of the player's career.
Kovac was a player to Flick, Salzburg, then boss, on Bayern's bank!
Their collaboration ended after 11 matches, when Flick accepted Joachim Low's offer to become second at the German national. But the two later met at Bayern Munich, where Flick was Niko Kovac's second in the first part of the 2019 – 2020 season.
Kovac especially asked the Bavarian leadership, and after being expelled, in November 2019, due to weak results, Flick took the order and won everything that could be won that season, both internally and internationally.
Hansi Flick, 6 victories out of 6 possible with Borussia and a lethal weapon: Robert Lewandowski
On Wednesday night, they will be in front for the first time. And Flick is by far. The figures speak categorically in favor of the German technician, who has an immaculate balance in the duels with Borussia Dortmund. He played 6 matches against the yellow-yellow, 5 with Bayern, one with Barcelona, and won them all! Among them, the German Super Cup in 2020 – 2021!
And something else. Flick has a lethal weapon against Borussia Dortmund: Robert Lewandowski! Propelled in the big football even yellow-black, in the time of Jurgen Klopp, the Polish did not forgive his former team from 2014 to 2022, as he wore Bayern's shirt: 27 goals in 27 meetings in “Der Klassiker”.
