On Monday, February 24, Hansi Flick celebrated his 60th birthday, the celebration of which he “disturbed” the Tuesday's King Cup match with Atletico Madrid (4: 4). It was only after him that the German trainer found time for a celebration.
Hansi Flick fought a birthday party. Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczęsny absent
On Thursday, the team had a day off, and Friday had training again. After him in the Ikibana restaurant, specializing in Brazilian and Japanese cuisine, Flick's birthday meeting took place. He arrived as one of the first, only a few less known members of the training staff arrived before him.
“It's private,” he said to the German journalists gathered in front of the premises, who, according to the Catalan “sport” report, was “somehow surprised by the presence of the media, although he accepted it with a smile on his face.” Another thing also drew attention.
“Differently than on other occasions and contrary to expectations, club employees were invited to the ceremony, some of the closest activists, but not footballers,” it was emphasized. However, a specific reason was behind it.
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“Barcelona is waiting for the decisive March” – it was noted, reminding about the upcoming league matches with Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Atletico and with Benfica in the Champions League. “For this reason, the team was not called so as not to affect concentration at such a decisive moment of the season as this” – he added.
FC Barcelona players did not appear at Hansi Flick's birthday. Although there was no shortage of known faces
So there was no Wojciech Szczęsny or Robert Lewandowski around the restaurant, who knows the coach for more than most Barcelona players. For this, the former colleague of the attacker from Bayern Munich – Thiago Alcantara, was seen there, at the beginning of the season, even in the staff of Flicka.
In addition to Alcantara, who presented a bottle of wine to the German, they appeared, among others Bojan Krkić, who has a coordinator function at the club, and Deco, sports director. As “Mundo Deportivo” noted, the latter came to a party with a “mysterious box”.
What was in it? “The Portuguese gave Flick a Piquadro bag. More precisely, it was a bag from the new 'Double Your Perfomance' collection, and its prices range from 250 to 550 euros, depending on the model” – we read.
Joana Laporta was missing at the meeting. Why? Well, on Friday he went to Azerbaijan for meetings with potential investors and to talk about creating a Barca Academy facility.