Opinion: A toy Barcelona … A bathroom of harsh and sad reality

Things as they are: Bayern Munich played at 30 percent of its real potential and with that it was enough for ‘play‘with a Barcelona of’toy‘.

He scored three goals walking and they could well be six or seven in case of having used thoroughly. Although it is true that he took his foot off the gas, the mentality of the German team does not allow him relax nor to grant concessions despite being classified to the Eighth Final and with the group leadership tied, and that was once again taken into account by Barça.

Xavi, Piqué and the cheerleader press and ‘official‘The club appealed to Barça’s greatness, its history and even some miracle to provide a memorable match and not sign a shameful elimination in the Group Stage of the Champions League; However, reality is not changed just with good intentions.

Says the Mexican writer Juan Villoro that the delusions they last until they run into the reality, and Barcelona crashed head-on with theirs. Today is a team worthless to participate in the maximum club tournament in the world, because not only does he not compete, he also drags his prestige.

And practically nobody is saved. The symptoms are not good when people of experience, the referents, fail in a rude way: in the first goal, Gerard Piqué allows Robert Lewandowski to control the ball at the height of the small area, turn once and twice, look up and get a center almost ‘rattling‘.

The historical defense and future president culé was dead of afraid, more concerned about not being humiliated and for placing his arms behind as a sign of performance, than for trying to compete with the best striker in the world.

In the second goal, Marc-André Ter Stegen commits a blunder unworthy of his quality. Certainly Leroy Sané’s shot is a bullet, but it goes to the location of the goalkeeper who tries to cover up instead of attacking the ball. Sad image.

And so the Barça footballers could be listed one by one. Frenkie de Jong, for example, who is an authentic ghost in which there is blind faith even though the version that he showed at Ajax and which has never arrived with the Barça shirt is still unsuccessful. You need a wake-up call and go to the bench so that maybe, just maybe then you can react.

Memphis Depay is not Messi and it would be well worth it to let him know, but there is simply no other player with his conditions in attack and you have to bet on him even if the chances of him dressing up as a hero in a high-caliber match are from scarce to null.

To Ousmane Dembélé, no matter how much President Joan Laporta launches nonsense like saying that he is better than Mbappé, or that Xavi believes that he can be the best in the world in his position, they would have to sell him now. On the cost-performance issue, Barcelona loses by a lot.

He is a good footballer who does not know how to play football. He makes a bad decision 80 percent of the time and not even talk about his fragility and a tendency to injure himself that has kept him inactive for more time than on the field of play.

Coutinho? The fraud largest in the history of the team if it is considered that it was the most expensive signing and does not serve as a start or relief or practically any. Another who would have to leave yes or yes, so they waste it. The investment in it is long lost.

The Dest, Mingueza, Lenglet and company simply do not have level to play for an organization that prides itself on having the best in the world.

Perhaps the youngsters are spared a bit: Gavi, who shows shame and is unfazed by playing alongside giants; and a little Nico, who based on his physique and talent aims to be a reliable alternative for Xavi. Nothing more.

They have wanted to ‘sell’ Ronald Araújo as he is already one of the best center-backs in the world and there is nothing more absurd than that. He has potential, he is the future in that position, but he is not at all ready to carry the weight of the most fragile line of the team.

Finally, as far as Xavi is concerned, he is arriving and he already received his first blow, because this historic elimination began with the 0-0 defeat against Benfica at the Camp Nou, where you could not fail or what happened in Munich happened.

However, as stated by the coach, this new humiliation is another opportunity for it to be a real turning point. Be careful, Barcelona is not going to rebuild itself overnight, much less because of the arrival of Xavi … It will take years, it will hurt, but the path has to be traced and discarded what is useless and adding reinforcements.

Today the team is from toy and the bathroom of reality It was hard … It was time to get up and even with the blows, start walking.