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Even the lamentations served to too cold in the

in

. As much as the Barça club thought of miracles, there is no other reality than this. That of

That of economic misery.

led the team to ruin, also moral, and

has confirmed that selling illusion is not enough in a sport that has knocked Barça away from the elite. The European subsoil is now its only site.

Barcelona has regressed

, which is how long the team had not been left

. So, in that

the coach was

and

who occupied the presidential chair. There is nothing. As now, the Barça team could only be third, behind

and

. And in the

he found no redemption. The

would close the passage in the

semis before beating the

in the final match.

Of course, that Barça did not win any title.

At least he managed to catch fourth place in the League in the 88th minute of the last day thanks to an unlikely Chilean from

against

.

Economic losses

Serve as a mirror for this Barcelona, ​​who longed to remain in the Champions League, no longer because of a prestige that was in doubt, but because of the problems that will entail not

with which the club wanted to square its budget. An amount that would only have been within the reach of having reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, which used to be the minimum goal for the institution (

, and 10.6 million more for the access to rooms). Not counting, yes, the consequences for the 'market pool'. In other words, the profit distributed by the clubs in each country based on their value in the television market.

Despite the fact that some Barcelona manager admitted behind the scenes that the

should also be taken into account as a hypothetical access route to play the next Champions League (for this, of course, it would have to overcome

, one more than in the Champions League, and of course winning the final), what can hardly be remedied is the economic hit.

Even winning the Europa League (

), Barça would lose 5.3 million compared to what they had planned to enter after reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Reaching the semifinals of the Europa League would only allow him to enter 6.3 million euros.

In addition, the second major European competition would not be a bed of roses, no matter how much in the preliminary round that gives access to the round of 16 of the Europa League, Barça still cannot face even the first classified of the eight groups in contention. , nor with those who rebound from this Champions League, such as

.

Barça cannot be seeded, so they will play the second leg at home.

And now that?

It also conditions the elimination in the Champions League in the arduous task of expanding the

. Even more so now that Barça is trying to strengthen itself in the next winter market without having yet been able to get rid of the chips of

or

. The hiring of forward

, who

does not intend to let go for less than 60 million euros, is currently inaccessible.

The renewal of

could also be affected by the European collapse.

With the winger's agent offering his piece all over the continent and pending a generous transfer bonus, Barça cannot even guarantee the French footballer that next season he will be able to play in the Champions League.

An ugly panorama, no matter how much Xavi Hernández announced on the night of Munich the beginning of a new stage.

Time will tell if that's the case, or if the club refuses to hit rock bottom.

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