{"id":1303,"date":"2026-06-03T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:00:14","slug":"hansi-flick-named-la-liga-coach-of-the-year-after-guiding-barcelona-to-back-to-back-la-liga-titles-amid-real-madrids-chaotic-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick named La Liga coach of the year after guiding Barcelona to back-to-back La Liga titles amid Real Madrid&#8217;s chaotic season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"C\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Flick\u2019s remarkable achievements at Barcelona were further magnified by the sheer chaos unfolding at their fiercest rivals, Real Madrid. While the Catalan club enjoyed stability, the capital side endured a disastrous, trophyless season plagued by dressing room crises and severe clashes between players and the coaching staff. The turmoil peaked when Xabi Alonso departed his managerial role after just half a season. Alvaro Arbeloa was subsequently brought in to steady the ship, but he failed to provide any meaningful tactical improvement. Consequently, Real Madrid ended the campaign completely empty-handed. Following this miserable year, they are now preparing to begin a new era, most likely under the leadership of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/real-madrid-pay-more-jose-mourinho-benfica-clause-expires\/blt5a415bf9d5abcd04\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Jose Mourinho<\/span><\/a><span>  in his highly anticipated second stint.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flick\u2019s remarkable achievements at Barcelona were further magnified by the sheer chaos unfolding at their fiercest rivals, Real Madrid. While&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}