The German press ridicules Barcelona: “From the best team in the world, to ‘sparring'”

Barcelona’s debacle in the Champions League has received great criticism in the Catalan press and the international media have also echoed it. Precisely, the hardest with the Barça defeat in Munich was the newspaper ‘Bild’. The prestigious German newspaper highlights the decline of Barcelona and the poor level it showed in its duel against Bayern: “FC Bayern beat Barça 3-0 in the last game of the group stage. The Catalans are out of the League Champions and for the first time in 19 years they have not made it past the group stage Barcelona have to play in the Europa League. Bayern have turned the once best club in the world into a training sparring partner. “

The website of the newspaper ‘Sport’ titled its opening ‘The Barça enters the Europe of second’. Lluís Mascaró, for his part, highlighted in his opinion column the “sad reality” of Barcelona: “The dramatic decline of Barça last night experienced another chapter. Perhaps the final one. The elimination of the Champions League, although it was foreseeable, is tremendously painful “Because it highlights the sad reality of a team that has not been competitive for too long. To dream of a victory in Munich was to believe in a miracle.”

Sergi Solé charged against the players in his opinion column for ‘Mundo Deportivo’: “A small group of veterans that I should pull the wagon and lead some lads spiritually he once again left the club’s name on the ground in Europe. “

‘La Vanguardia’ also echoes the setback suffered in Munich by Barcelona, ​​highlighting that “Barça consummate its bankruptcy against Bayern”. Juan Bautista Martínez points out in his chronicle that “the farewell of the Catalans supposes that they no longer belong to the first category of continental football, but have fallen to the second, to the Europa League “.

‘El Periódico’, for its part, highlights that “Bayern expels Barça from the aristocracy” and that “Barça has no level to be among the 16 best in Europe.”

‘L’Equipe’ in the analysis of the players highlighted in the negative section the performances of Depay, Dembélé, Araújo and Mingueza. Of the Frenchman, he pointed out that “in his first appearance in more than six months, the Frenchman failed to disturb the Bayern defense,” while regarding the Dutchman he stressed that “He only took one shot on goal in the 90 minutes”. Of both he indicated that “they succumbed.” Regarding the assessment of Mingueza and Araújo, he indicated that the Uruguayan “could not cope with the Bavarian onslaught”, while the youth squad said that he “still lacks” to be at the level of the big events.