Barcelona Vs Real Sociedad [2-1] La Liga 2025/2026: Hansi Flick Possession Tactics & Defensive Flaws – Tactical Analysis

Barcelona hosted Real Sociedad in matchday seven of the 2025/2026 La Liga season, which ended in a narrow 2-1 victory for the Catalans.

With yet another domestic game where they had over 70% ball possession (75%), it was no surprise that Sociedad struggled to create opportunities and generated just a handful of chances.

The visitors were the ones to open the scoring from a counter-attacking situation at the half-hour mark.

However, it took the defending champions less than 15 minutes to get back on level terms through a corner.

Although the Blaugrana got the lead at the hour mark, they had spells of discomfort as Sociedad inflicted some pain in transition.

Through this tactical analysis, we aim to understand how Hansi Flick Barcelona penetrated Real Sociedad’s defensive structure and the ways Sociedad caused trouble for the Catalans.

Barcelona Vs Real Sociedad Lineups & Formations

Lets examine how Hansi Flick and Sergio Francisco selected their squads.

Barcelona Lineup Vs Real Sociedad

The winners, Barcelona, played in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Wojciech Szczęsny started in goal, behind a back four of Jules Koundé (right-back), skipper Ronald Araújo (right centre-back), Andreas Christensen (left centre-back), and Gerard Martín (left-back).

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