When we want to look for the reasons for the great failure of Barcelona this season, we must list dozens of problems and crises and ask a question: Where do we start?
Valpara this season appeared in the worst form in a decade, which prompted Lionel Messi, the captain of the team, to go out of his stage - a few times - and described the team as weak and inconsistent.
It is certain that the team's problems did not start with the current coach Kiki Sittin, but he failed to address the legacy of his predecessor, Ernesto Valverde.
The Catalan newspaper Sport, close to the Blaugrana, summarized Barca's problems by 10 and considered them as the team behind the failure of the La Liga title for the third consecutive season.
1. Poor planning: Crying indicators on the ruins started with the team that won the triple and the absence of new blood pumped appropriate to the team’s playing style, receiving Roma shock in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2018, then humiliating loss against Liverpool in the semi-final of the competition last season, followed by a loss The King's Cup Final, all this and President Josep Bartomeo watching and supporting Valverde, who was clear that he did not have the required addition.
And the big slap was in the last winter Mercato when the team abandoned a number of players between loaning and selling, and this coincided with the injuries of players such as Luis Suarez, Osman Dembley and Samuel Umtiti, to force the team to sign with the Danish Martin Braathwaite, who did not provide the hope, and all this is due to the weakness Planning ahead.
2. Failed deals: 4 players contracted by Barca in the last summer Mercato are: French Antoine Griezmann, Dutchman Frankie de Jong, Spaniard Verbo Juneau, and goalkeeper Netto hoping to support the team and compensate the dead and injured.
Veneto has no place in light of the brilliance of the main goalkeeper Mark André Ter Stegen, and Jordi Alba remains the first choice for the coaches, while De Young does not play in his favorite position and suffered an injury that kept him away from the team at a crucial time, while Griezmann struggled to adapt, which prompted Sittin to put on The bench bench in 3 games in which the team lost important points.
3. Selling players: Many names were on the list "for sale", led by Ivan Rakitic, Arturo Vidal and Arthur Millo, the first two were for their level down, and the other for financial reasons.
Rakitic and Vidal did not come to them with the appropriate offers and stayed on the team, and Arthur was his case funny, with Sittin Arthur found himself in direct play from one touch, but he sold weeks ago to Juventus and did not have a minute of playing time.
4. The Kohl Team: 8 players from the team between the ages of 30 and 33, including 6 key players.
5. The Academy of La Másia: Valverde has been criticized many times for not using the talents of the famous La Másia Academy and his successor Sittin has not reversed, for Valverde presented the talented young man Ansou Fati, and Cetin involved Ricky Bouygues and Arijo, but selling a player like Carles Perez last January after a good performance that The season gave him an indication that in recent years he no longer counted on graduates of the famous academy.
6. Change of coaches: Regardless of the fact that Valverde was successful in dealing with the stars of the team and loved by the players, unlike Sittin, the issue of changing the coach in the middle of the season had the opposite effect.
Despite the thought of Sittin close to the school, "Tiki Taka", he failed to restore the style of playing Barca, and that during his reign the team appeared lost and lackluster, so he failed to match teams of the same level (Real Madrid and Atletico), and lost and lost points in front of medium teams.
7. Corona and the stoppage : teams returned stronger and more enthusiastic after the resumption of matches after stopping due to the Corona virus, and others returned weak and feeble as Albersa, the team suffered after the return (6 wins, 3 draws and defeat), and looked tired and did not regain its speed and speed and suffered injuries.
8. Messi and Stegen insufficient: German goalkeeper Ter Stegen made an exceptional season despite receiving 36 goals and keeping his nets clean in 14 games, Messi scored 23 goals and made 20 others, but they alone cannot hold the team on their shoulders and maintain the title of LaLiga in light of a collective retreat For the team level.
9. Weakness outside the Camp Nou: One of the main reasons for losing the League title was his weakness outside his stronghold. The team collected 50 points in the Camp Nou and 29 outside it. Last season, he won 48 in his court and 39 outside, and he has one game left this season against Alves on the latter's soil.
Worst point score in 12 years: If Alaves wins tomorrow, he will end the season with 82 points, which is the lowest score of points since the last seasons of coach Frank Rijkaard (2007-2008 season) when Barça achieved 67 points and finished third in the ranking table and did not win any title.