Duel with FC Bayern: Great sadness at FC Barcelona

Who reads in the Barcelona newspaper, sometimes feels like he would be a guest at the football psychologists. Nowhere is the state of mind of the greatest football club of this town can be so well-seen when looking in the leaves of the Mediterranean metropolis. Two daily sports Newspapers, to various regional and national titles can be consulted. They all deal in detail with the inner workings of the FC Barcelona, and it is believed the relevant authors, then it is not ordered by the patients very well. Hard couchlägerig due to self-inflicted sadness, is the diagnosis.

the self-understanding of the proud clubs in the past few weeks has suffered, shows the fact, that the sports newspaper "Mundo Deportivo" saw before the Champions League quarter-final against FC Bayern this Friday (21.00 in F. A. Z.-liveticker zur Champions League and Sky) forced to publish a Bulletin: "Five good reasons to believe in FC Barcelona." Slogans, as if you were standing in front of an insurmountable obstacle, higher than Montjuïc, Barcelona's city mountain.

Barcelona, a blatant outsider?

when was it given last? FC Barcelona, a blatant outsider? This has to do with the superior Form, in which the opponents of Germany just presented, but the team and club have done in Barcelona this calendar year some evidence that FC Bayern appears to be even more powerful. A parallel can be drawn to meet each other seven years ago, when the Munich-based in Addition to 7:0 won.

After the corona-related interruption, Barcelona lost the lead in the table and came up with five points behind rivals Real Madrid to the finish. The heavyweights of the dressing room raged, above all, Lionel Messi. The captain dismissed the club leadership and coach public perch. All areas of responsibility would need to be subjected to a thorough examination, he called for what amounted to about a call to the Bureau and coaches to leave the tasks, but please, people, understand something of their craft.

The internal inconsistencies last long back in the past summer, as the club management spent a lot of money for the attacker Antoine Griezmann, instead of the team still very popular Neymar from Paris back. Griezmann is still a foreign body, which has something to do with the icy climate, to hit him in the cabin opposite. Not less cold, the dismissal of coach Ernesto Valverde, who became a point of contention was. The successor to Quique Setién wrestles until today in vain to gain acceptance among its players. Not a few hoped after the missed championship on the resignation of the unpopular Coach.