A shocking 2019-2020 season for F.C. Barcelona as they go trophy less after thirteen years . Players,coaches,sporting staff,team directors, everyone was disappointed after the embarrassing loss against Bayern Munich which was the reflection of their whole season .
Let’s see how their season went this year and what went wrong with F.C. Barcelona .
- Supercopa De Espana
Barcelona went to UAE to play semi-final of Supercopa De Espana against Atletico Madrid on 10th January . F.C. Barcelona was favorite before the fixture but Atletico Madrid comes up with different mentality .
First half went goal less where both teams were eagerly looking for gaols but nothing much happened . Immediately after starting of second half , Koke from Atletico Madrid scored in 46th minute and gained the lead for the team but five minutes later , star of Barcelona , Lionel Messi scored and equalize . Now both the teams started looking for the winner and eleven minutes later Griezmann from Barcelona scored and now they are leading by 2-1 .
Barcelona are now on pole position for winning the fixture but Atletico Madrid was in fighting mode . In 81st minute of the match Barcelona player made a foul and awarded a penalty to Madrid , in response to that Morata scored the equalizer and Madrid was back in the game . Five minutes later Barcelona made another mistake and Madrid scored the winning goal and F.C. Barcelona take an exit from the tournament .
2. Copa Del Rey
Fight for the second trophy ends for F.C. Barcelona when they faced Athletic Club on 7th February . They met in quarter-final and again Barcelona was favorite to win the fixture .
Match starts and both teams started looking for a goal , both teams are very competitive , each teams is testing each other defense by playing attacking football and nothing happened throughout the match .
Second half was about to end , coaches started thinking about the tactics for extra time but on 93rd minute of the match , Barcelona player , Sergio Busquets made a blunder and score an own goal and that’s how Barcelona campaign for the second trophy ends as well .
3. La Liga
La Liga comes up with many highs and many lows for F.C. Barcelona . For first half of the season Barca were leading the points table and Real Madrid is chasing them for clinching the title .
First big blow they had when they lost against Real Madrid in El Classico and then Real Madrid was leading la liga by a point but before the lockdown starts, Barcelona were in a comfortable position and winning La Liga by two points .
La Liga resumed after the lockdown and Barcelona started the campaign with a win . At the end of La Liga , F.C. Barcelona comes 2nd by winning 8 matches and drawn 3 . By looking at these stats , nobody can argue about their form but Real Madrid who become champion of La Liga was in inevitable form where they won 10 matches on a streak and play only one draw after the pandemic .
Barcelona lost La Liga by 5 points but many questions raises about the squad rotation , bonding between coach and the players etc .
4. UEFA Champions League
Last but the most important trophy that F.C. Barcelona want to win in the trophy less season was Champions League trophy but the odds of winning that is too less .
After winning the UEFA Champions League in 2014-2015 season , bottling up in knockout stages become Barcelona thing . This thing started when Barcelona lost 3-2 against Atletico Madrid in 2015-2016 in quarter-finals , in 2016-2017 they lost against Juventus by 3-0 in quarter finals , losing against AS Roma was more embarrassing because Barcelona lost the lead of first leg of 3 goals and then AS Roma made a comeback and won the quarter final by scoring 3 goals . In 2018-2019 season , F.C. Barcelona again bottled up against Liverpool and lost the semifinal by conceding 4 goals in second leg fixture .
But the biggest humiliation is about to come in 2019-2020 season where they faced attacking football giants and totally revamped team , Bayern Munich in quarter finals . This season Barcelona wasn’t the favorite to win the fixture and this thing doubled up the tension in Barcelona camp . And nothing new happened and Bayern Munich humiliates Barcelona by winning the match by 8-2 .
Barcelona’s form throughout the season raises many questions , fans wants changes in team and want a new coach which will bring new energy in the team .
But no one knows that what will happen in coming future for F.C. Barcelona .
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The Football Writer 