The victory wasn't just a result. It was a redemption, for a club still carrying the scars of that 8-2 defeat. Laporta had apparently said to Flick " You owe us one". By the looks of it, Hansi paid back his dues for that night of humiliation in Lisbon.
Imanol Alguacil's men demonstrated that in contemporary football, sometimes the art of winning lies not in dominating the ball but in controlling spaces, transitions, and moments.
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