BARCELONA SEASON REVIEW

This has been a disappointing Season for Barcelona by their standards.as things stand they will finish the season trophyless for a second time in three seasons.Despite what was relatvely a succesfull Season last Season, winning the La Liga nad Spanish Supercup, things have somehow gotten worse this season although it is quite understandable given their Lack of Funds.

Although expectations fro Barcelona heading into this Season was not High, it was also not low either. One of the main reasons for Barcelona's success last season was their strong defensive structure. Hey conceded just 7 goals in their first 300 matches, kept 25 Clean Sheets in 38 Games, conceded just 20 goals and just three teams were able to score Home and Away against them.Thanks to a strong backline, a solid midfield and a high work rate by the players, Barca became formidable although the same couldn't be said in the Champions League were they finished 3rd in a group they were expected to qualify from and instead qualified for Europa wee knocked out by Manchester United.


 

Fast forwad to this Season, they started quite well and were on a good run of winning games until they lost El Clasico in October and from then on things went downhill. Not only were they losing heavily, they were losing badly to the likes of Girona, Real Madrid,,Athletic Bilbao and Villareal which led to calls for Xavi to be sacked and replaced, leading  Xavi to announcing his resignation as a manager of the Catalan side due to mounting pressure and intensive criticism. There was a brief upturn in form after announcing his resignation for a period of about two months which even saw them beat PSG in the Champions and on the verge of qualification to the Semis.After the upturn it was decided Xavi should stay as manager which surprisingly would also lead to another bad run which saw Barca knocked out of the Champions League in a heavy defeat(albeit under controversial circumstances) and another El Clasico loss which put Barca out of the title race to conclude their season in disappointing fashion.



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