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Barcelona’s spectacular failure in the Champions League is a fact.
Former great player Henrik Larsson is now appealing to the club with a clear call.
– They are absolutely not allowed to talk about that, says the TV expert in C More’s broadcast.
For the second year in a row, Barcelona is eliminated by Bayern Munich already in the Champions League group stage. The Catalans were already under a lot of pressure before Wednesday night’s crucial match against the German giant and it would be over when it had barely started.
Barcelona fiasco
Because in just the 10th minute of the match, Bayern took the lead at Camp Nou after Sadio Manés 1-0 goal. The Germans then stepped up and defeated Barcelona by a whopping 3-0 while Inter defeated Viktoria Plzen in the second match and it was all decided.
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Barcelona is out of the Champions League and can now return to the Europa League again. After the game, the head coach now admits Xavi that his job is threatened.
– If we don’t win, there will be consequences and it starts with me, the club icon said even before the loss.
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Larsson’s criticism
During the Champions League broadcast, another old club hero also sat in the studio and got to see his former team fall to pieces. Henrik Larsson is really surprised by Barcelona’s magnificent fiasco in this year’s CL games, especially with the background of how much money they spent on this squad.
– It is clear that it is a huge disappointment that they do not go ahead. If you are in a club like Barcelona, you expect to progress from the group stage and also go all the way and win, says “Henke” in the Telia Play studio.
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Larsson is also very clear in his harsh criticism of the previous club that he does not want to hear any excuses after this fiasco. Because despite the fact that the CL group contained tough opposition in Bayern Munich and Inter, Barça signed for 1.5 billion kroner this summer and brought in major new acquisitions such as the goal king Robert Lewandowski and the hit player Raphinha.
– They are absolutely not allowed to talk about that. What they bought in here this summer is to be able to take the step and compete in the Champions League for real, as they did years ago, says the Swedish legend in his analysis.
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Barcelona will now continue to play in the Europa League finals in the spring, just like last year. It remains to be seen how far the club will go there.
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