Barcelona achieves the runner-up from nowhere

Society tends to cling to neologisms in the face of the need and urgency to find some illusion, even if it is in a word.

The eurovision

has gone from a mockery to a historic event.

The

, a word that Barcelona came to include in its institutional propaganda, was born as a funny response to the horrible twilight experienced during the

era .

But this club needs much more than expressions and homilies, even though in Getafe it reached the consolation of second place in the League.

There was no trace of play, something usual in recent days.

But neither of pride to go beyond that tie that served everyone, because the locals settled the permanence.

To Barça, three decades after

strip the club of all its complexes at Wembley, it doesn't even care about its image anymore.

And that is the worst defeat.

, beyond qualifying an indescribable Barcelona for the next Champions League, should be recognized for his attempts to give his team an identity

.

It's the hardest thing in football.

However, after that triumph at the Bernabéu with which a new era seemed to open, his proposal has been disfigured for a host of reasons.

Although none like the lack of quality in a squad that yearns for a profound remodeling that the directive chaired by

, with the budget still to be covered, still does not know if it will be able to carry it out.

Hope must go through a period striker,

, for the sale of a midfielder whose profile does not exist in the market -

-, and for all the uncontracted players he can muster.

It was not surprising that Barcelona's game in Getafe did not serve to excite a fan who finds in their women's team [full of victories in the league, and with firm options to lift their second Champions League] the soul, the game, the competitiveness and the results that it does not find in the masculine.

Umtiti on the bench

Mingueza

and

were the center backs, with

and the beardless

in the lanes.

So

, a substitute despite the eight casualties, watched the duel from the bench with the curiosity of someone watching an ant go by.

The French world champion, with a contract until 2026 because it was necessary to lower his salary, has played 90 minutes throughout the season.

Metaphor of an absurd cycle.

The companions who went out to wander around the Coliseum, meanwhile, only seemed to react when the ball passed by

.

The small midfielder at least made him feel like it.

He tried to play at the first touch and looked for unchecks that nobody attended to.

Riqui, cornered as much with Koeman as with Xavi, had not been a starter since his Cup match in Linares on Three Kings night.

He will have no choice but to seek life elsewhere.

And, wherever it is, he will also have to do his part.

The life of a soccer player does not only happen during matches.

Barça finished off on goal once in the entire match.

did not breathe, this time as a right winger.

But neither did

on the left -he requested the change in the second half due to injury-, nor did

in the center.

gave him hope, and

, who still hasn't renewed, didn't even put on his shoes.

Ter Stegen's slip

Getafe, well organized in its defensive line of five, sniffed around the rival area.

Yes, with little risk.

tried to play it to

from beyond the center of the field.

The German goalkeeper responded by stopping the ball with his chest.

Although Ter Stegen is not there for a lot of pyrotechnics.

He was about to provoke a penalty in the twilight of the first act after a gentle ball escaped him.

He gave

a small push , but without enough force for the referee to punish the goalkeeper.

The unbearable afternoon ended with the players with their hands in their pockets and Quique Sánchez Flores' Getafe celebrating their permanence.

Barcelona, ​​also satisfied, sealed that subchampionship that will allow them to raise money again in the Saudi Arabian Super Cup.

Yes. What a relief.

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