The unexpected defeat against Frankfurt adds to the chain of failures of a cursed Barcelona in Europe

Barcelona was removed at the hands of EintrachtFrankfurt by Rafael Santos Borré in quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League. The first leg ended 1-1. And the Spaniards have a hidden dream of advancing to the second leg taking advantage of the local situation. But the great party of the Germans buried this opportunity.

The scoring opened 4 minutes into the first half, when Filip Kostic converted from penalty In the 36th minute of the first period, a superb goal from the former River gave the visit more wind. And it all got worse Kostic he again raised the net to 22 minutes complete for Frankfurt.

History seems doomed. However, the illusion changed in the final minutes at Camp Nou, when the locals became closer thanks to the final appearances of Sergio Busquets and Memphis Depay in extra time. But the comeback stopped there and Lionel Messi’s former team was destroyed again in Europe.

Led by Xavi Hernández, the resurrected Barcelona are hoping to be crowned in this competition after being eliminated in the first round of the Champions League. But there was nothing to do and the chance of rebirth was buried. And he added a list of notorious failures to his latest experiences in Europe – he hasn’t won in Orejona since 2015 and hasn’t won a continental title since 2016, when he won the Super Cup.

The former Spanish midfielder quickly became pregnant with his style and managed to lift a Barcelona that was at a loss. It was again placed in the top positions of La Liga de España; they are currently second behind Real Madrid, 12 units away.

Xavi also promoted some young people that Ronald Koeman did not give a continuation of. For example, Nico, Gavi Y pedri. It’s clear this is a value he knows well: caring on the first team with players from the farmhouse. But that is not enough.

The main goal is to raise European League. And the blow against Frankfurt makes the present more bitter and buried the hopes that the cués which is in the front pages of the Old Continent.

Barcelona’s 5 hardest defeats in Europe

In time 2012-2013 the Spanish team addressed the Bayern Munich for the semifinals of the Champions League. In the first leg they lost 4-0 to Germany. In the second leg, played at Camp Nou, they lost again, this time by 0-3. Bayern Munich fell to a total of 7-0.

The second big defeat was against Juventus of Turin in 2017. When, after an incredible comeback against PSG in the round of 16, lost 3-0 to the Italians at Juventus Stadium and failed to return from home: tied 0-0. The team culé he said goodbye to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a bitter feeling.

Meanwhile, the following year Barcelona also said goodbye quarter finals of the same tournament lost to Rome. In the first leg they won 3-0, while in the second leg they lost 4-1. Ang far goal He gave the pass to the Italians who made great comeback goals from Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas.

Sa 2019, another comeback. Now to the chances of the semifinals. In the first leg, Barcelona beat Liverpool 3-0 at the Nou Campa. But at Anfield they lost 4-0, with two goals from Origi and two from Wijnaldum, creating chaos in the locker room.

However, the most embarrassing of all Barcelona’s defeats in the Champions League was against Bayern Munich. In 2020, the Teutons defeated him 8-2 in one match- these were the seasons of one of the peaks of the coronavirus pandemic- in Lisbon. So, he said goodbye solemnly to quarter finals. The goals of the German team were the work of Thomas Müller (2), Perisic, Gnabry, Kimmich, Lewandowski and Coutinho (2).