The team's worst historic fall in 70 years
6 strikes on Barcelona's "head" after the historic defeat by Bayern
Messi was seriously shocked. A.F.B.
Lewandowski cemented his top scorer lead in the European Champions. A.F.B.
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The historic defeat of Barcelona the day before yesterday, in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals, opened many wounds that may not heal in the near future. This is the worst defeat in more than 70 years, exactly in 1946, after the loss to Seville, and it is also the first time that he has conceded so many goals in one match in the Champions League.
This loss, which defender Gerard Pique described as "shame", will mean six major wounds for Barcelona, and will constitute a headache for the club management, players and the public, perhaps the most prominent of which is the complexity of negotiations to renew Messi's contract, and the expected significant decline in the club's revenues. In the following report, we shed light on the six crises resulting from the historic fall of Al-Nour Stadium.
1- The departure of Messi
The humiliating defeat deepened star Lionel Messi's crisis with the club's management, as Messi had previously suspended negotiations to renew his contract, which expires in the summer of next year, and indirectly threatened that he might leave the club if the management's performance did not improve, and the blood of the old team was renewed. .
Defeat would worsen the situation even more, especially since the situation has now become catastrophic, and pressure has become doubled on the club's management and accordingly, according to Spanish media, Messi's upcoming negotiations may be counter-productive, meaning looking for a way to disentangle the historical link between the two sides.
2- Bartomeu's dilemma
After losing the "LaLiga" title, the club’s management, led by Joseph Bartomeu, was looking for a way out of the current crisis. The Champions League was betting to improve the relationship with the fans and to save the season. However, a major fall in the club’s management lost all confidence in the club’s management by the fans. Bartomeu and his management are unlikely to resign in the coming period, despite the fact that many months are still in their life, as Bartomeu was looking for a lifeline to renew his stay at the helm at the club next year.
3- A new coach
The match marked the final divorce after the brief link between coach Setien and Barcelona since last January. Since losing the LaLiga title, according to the newspaper "Marca", there has been a firm belief among everyone, including the coach, that his survival depends on the champions, but the humiliating defeat precipitated his expected departure, and another crisis began with the search for a new coach, after coaches were ousted in one season, which is not Unprecedented in Barcelona. The replacement could be former team player Ronald Koeman, or historic club star Xavi Hernandez.
4- Failed deals
It has become imperative for the club's management to search for a way out of the dilemma of failed deals that cost the club’s treasury a lot without any return. A player like Dembley came with 140 million euros, and he played only a few years ago, and almost completely disappeared in the current season until he is called the "glass player." Due to his many injuries, while on the other hand the French Antoine Griezmann, who came with 120 million euros, remained frozen in most major events, and when he participated, he did not provide anything, and this is in addition to many other deals, perhaps the most prominent of which is the Brazilian Coutinho, who was loaned to Bayern Munich for eight million euros And he was involved in the defeat of his former team, after he scored two goals and set another.
5- Building a new team
A great club like Barcelona would not have imagined that a day would come when the public demands would be to build a team from scratch. What happened against Bayern was expected after a long period of defeats by smaller teams, but it did not occur to anyone that the Catalans would be defeated by the eight. Supporters of the club called on "social media" to build another team, to keep only some of the elements, and pour their anger on certain players, demanding their departure, namely, Chilean Vidal, Croatian Rakitic, Dembele, Griezmann, Busquets, Roberto, Simedo, Pique, and others.
6- Lower returns
The historic scandal of Barcelona in the European Champions coincided with the "Corona Time", where the financial revenues, especially from the box office, froze, to be added to the early exit tax from the tournament, and the record decline in the market value of a large number of team players, which will necessarily mean a huge decline in the annual revenues of the club, Thus, it is difficult to provide the necessary liquidity to fix the disastrous situation in the future, whether by making a profit from selling players, or by providing the necessary funds to build a new team.
Figures from loss:
Barcelona for the first time lost by six goals since April 1951, when they lost to Espanyol 6-0.
Defeated for the first time by eight goals since losing to Sevilla 8-0 in 1946.
Bayern have more than defeated Barcelona in the history of the tournament, by six times.
■ For the fourth time in the last five seasons Barcelona are deposited from the quarter-finals.
Bayern striker Lewandowski added to the top scorer with 14 goals.