That challenge is a game against Villarreal away from home in La Liga, a fixture which is followed by Barça's first home game of the Champions League season against Young Boys on 1 October, the beginning of the "remaining seven games" referred to by Hansi Flick in his post-game press conference.

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick said that he can see positives from his side's performance despite their loss to AS Monaco in the Champions League on Thursday, September 19. Barca lost 2-1 after Eric Garcia got a red card.

The German coach is successfully getting many players plugged in, after turning Raphinha into the beast that Barcelona needed, now there is another player who is standing out

Raphinha makes a strong case for being the player who has benefitted most from Barca’s managerial change from Xavi to Flick. His attitude, along with the verticality his off-the-ball running provides, is emblematic of how the former Bayern Munich and Germany coach wants Barcelona to play.

Hansi Flick is the man tasked to bring Barcelona back to the top of Europe in his first Champions League campaign with the Spanish giants. Barcelona has had no shortage of silverware in recent years.

Monaco have had a solid start to the Ligue 1 season thanks to strong play from their defense but they haven't faced a team who can attack like Barcelona so this will be a good test to see how far they can go.

Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick has forwarded a message the way of the club’s supporters, on the back of their first defeat of the season on Thursday night.Barca, of course, were put to the sword