The FC Barcelona will close a blank season after several abrupt episodes where several of them were the result of misfortune and unusual in the world of football. the output of Ronald Araujo from the field of play in an ambulance, possibly the only time that a medicalized vehicle has entered the pitch of the Stadium, it was the last episode of a series that started in the summer with the goodbye at the last minute of Leo Messi when it seemed that it would continue
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Araujo, evacuated by ambulance
The Uruguayan center-back had to leave the field directly to the Hospital after a head clash with Gavi during the match against Celta. After the great initial scare, the messages from the doctors reassured colleagues and staff.
2
Sergi Roberto relapses from his injury
The fourth captain is not going through his best moment and has experienced the worst season in terms of injuries. When it seemed that everything was over and he was already training with the group, a relapse separated him for the remainder of the season, leaving the players without one of his most beloved teammates.
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Pedri misses the rest of the season
Much of the improvement in Barça’s game with Xavi on the bench focused on the figure of Pedri. The Canarian was shining in an excellent way when an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the course in the duel against Eintracht, dealing a heavy blow to the team and the coach.
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German invasion at the Camp Nou
For one reason or another (the real reasons are still unknown) the second leg against Eintracht at the Camp Nou went down in history due to the invasion of 30,000 Germans in the stands of the Barça stadium. It was a blow that left the team touched in that game and in the following ones, after which they ended up losing the title options that remained in both the Europa League and LaLiga.
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One of the signings, without a record in the Europa League
In winter the team was reinforced with the arrival of Adama, Ferran Torres, Aubameyang and Dani Alves, and the latter could not be registered in the Europa League because the regulations only allowed three new registrations in winter, generating a problem for Xavi and for him. group, which saw how a heavyweight like Alves was staying out of Europe.
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Ansu Fati’s Relapses
Ansu Fati spent a large part of last season out of action due to injury and this course, in which he inherited the ’10’ from Messi, he promised them very happy until he relapsed from his injury. He came back in mid-September, played eight of ten games and fell again. He was out from the beginning of November to the beginning of January, but after participating in the Super Cup against Madrid and in the Cup against Athletic he relapsed once again. He is now slowly coming back after nearly five months of recovery.
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Goodbye to the Super Cup
Xavi, a newcomer then, had marked the Super Cup semi-final against Real Madrid as a turning point and it was about to be. Ansu’s goal at the stroke of regulation time took the game to extra time but the whites ended up prevailing and leaving Barça with no chance of winning the title and with a bittersweet taste after having been close to what would have been a blow of authority.
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Withdrawal of Kun Aguero
Kun Agüero arrived in the summer as a reinforcement for the Barça forward and in a very short time he won over the dressing room and the stands. His goal against Real Madrid, the only and last one he scored for Barça, was the prelude to an abrupt withdrawal due to heart disease. He was first out for a few months and finally put an end to his career, dealing a new blow to the Barça dressing room.
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change of coach
Halfway through the season, FC Barcelona dismissed Ronald Koeman due to the team’s poor results. After a few weeks of speculation about his successor, with Sergi Barjuan as interim on the first team bench, Xavi Hernández was presented to command the new sports project from the bench.
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Messi is going
The season began with the goodbye of Leo Messi. For one reason or another, the best player of all time left Barça. The marriage between the two that had lasted so many years was broken and Barcelona was left without its leader and reference. It was not the best way to start the season with the blow it meant for the fans but especially for a squad, with many friends of the Argentine, who had the continuity of the crack.
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