The setback is not as scathing as the 8-2 of 2020, but it is still indicative of the deficiencies of this Barça.
A little over a year after being corrected by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Spaniards were again dominated in C1 by the Bavarians on Tuesday night (0-3), this time for their entry competing at Camp Nou in this group stage.
A success easily acquired by the Germans and which only highlighted the current level difference between the two teams.
“I remember that we finished the match with I do not know how many 18-year-old boys, and that the team did not demobilize.
This is how we are what we are.
In the immediate term, it is true that it is complicated, they were superior, recognized the emblematic defender of FC Barcelona, Gerard Piqué at the microphone of Movistar +.
To be honest, today we are not one of the big favorites, but that does not matter.
There are years when we were and we did not win.
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"The sad reality"
Piqué's resigned “that's how it is” is also repeated this Tuesday morning on the front page of Mundo Deportivo, one of the two Catalan sports dailies.
The other reference newspaper, Sport, displays a photo surrounded by black of the frustrated players on the lawn of the Camp Nou under the title "the sad reality".
"Barça played like a small team," laments the media.
"ES LO QUE HAY"
en nuestra portada de este miércoles #portada #deporte https://t.co/UZK4QE4Uj1 pic.twitter.com/lWKpgKlUQE
- Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) September 14, 2021
FC Barcelona lost this summer its emblem, Lionel Messi, left at the end of his contract to strengthen PSG, and let Antoine Griezmann go on loan to Atlético de Madrid to relieve his finances.
Tuesday night, his summer rookies in attack Luuk de Jong and Memphis Depay never really managed to shake the winners of the 2020 Champions League.
"You have to be patient," pleaded Dutch coach Ronald Koeman, who said he did not want to "complain about the attitude of his players" against Bayern "a better team than us".
The season promises to be long for Barça ...
