{
  "id": 19140276,
  "title": "Hansi Flick closes in on Guardiola and Cruyff with historic Barcelona comeback record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/hansi-flick-closes-in-on-guardiola-and-cruyff-with-historic-barcelona",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T10:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/hansi-flick-closes-guardiola-cruyff-105200701.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hansi Flick is making rapid progress toward the historic comeback record of Barcelona's legendary managers Pep Guardiola and Johan Cruyff. After guiding his team to a 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano, Flick now has 23 comeback wins in 133 matches, putting him just one behind Guardiola and five short of Cruyff. Cruyff currently leads the ranking with 28 comeback victories from 430 matches, while Guardiola has achieved 24 in 249 games. Despite the smaller sample size, Flick's impressive 50% conversion rate in comeback matches since taking charge of Barcelona highlights his potential to join the ranks of the club's most successful managers.",
  "summary": "Hansi Flick is closing in on two of Barcelona’s most celebrated managers after guiding his side to a 2-1 comeback victory over Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano. Notably, the result took the Ger...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}