Okay, true, yes, all against it, but all too predictable. It is true that when a project begins, even if, at a given moment, it seems that it has already taken off, the truth is that everyone had the impression that at ‘new Barca’as has been confirmed tonight, he still has a long, long way to go, not only in footballers but also in preparation and game system, I’m not saying mentality, to once again be one of the greats in Europe.
The truth is Xavi Hernandez (and that hurts), who is also learning about being a Barça coach, he already has his European win, something that more than one coach has suffered in the last decade and, therefore, this defeat should serve him (and much ) to reflect, especially if we take into account, not only that he already warned after the draw in Frankfurt that they had played a bad game “with a great result & rdquor ;, but also that, in recent days, he has added two poor games, very poor, like the victory ‘in extremis’ at Levante and the landslide conceded tonight at an unknown Camp Nou.
A German stadium
The truth is that what happened last night in the stadium (and in the city, really) should make everyone think and not only, no, the ‘gent blaugrana’, that is, the ‘soci’, but the very club, then deliver the entire stadium as it was delivered (and if the Germans had needed more tickets, they would have gotten them) to the visiting fans, bother the usual culés, cause the animation stands to be absent for 10 minutes from their seats to protesting the tickets sold, massively, to the Germans and that, with 25 minutes to go, many culés left the ‘estadi’, is really unfortunate in a club that tries to be (and verbalizes it) a model in everything.
It may all start with having allowed 30,000 subscribers to stop paying their subscriptions but on leave, that is, they will recover them next season, instead of, perhaps, having invented a form of payment in installments or something like that. The normal thing would have been for them to have unsubscribed and their subscription could have been acquired by the members that are, they say, on that endless waiting list that the club has.
european envy
And, of course, if the club finds itself with thousands of tickets in its hands, it sells them and the stadium becomes, almost, a rival field, more so with how animated (in every way) the German fans were. Because, in addition, we should bear in mind that it was the Europa League, not the Champions League, and, from the beginning of the competition, it has always been said that this is a minor tournament that does not interest the Catalans.
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But, of course, one thing is that you are not (much) interested in this competition, which, if you win it, will place you in the big pot of the Champions League, and another thing is that you make so many big mistakes in the offices, in the locker room (I don’t know if Xavi and his teammates prepared the game very well this time) and, above all, on the pitch, where the team, incomprehensibly, lowered their arms and left the game very soon. Too much, despite the final rush.
The great truth (and it hurts) is that after the shows offered by real Madrid, Chelsea, Athletic Y City in the Champions League, the thrashing conceded by Xavi’s Barça in the Europa League is extremely painful and should make you think a lot, more than necessary, Joan Laporta and your team (or family).