Barcelona

2022 - 10 - 27

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Watch: El Chiringuito sing Inter anthem after Barcelona suffer UCL ... (Football Italia)

Watch as the Real Madrid half of the El Chiringuito staff sing the Inter anthem following Barcelona's elimination from the Champions League.

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Barcelona faces reality after 2nd straight Champions League flop (Sportstar)

For the second year in a row, Barcelona's Champions League campaign ended in the group stage on Wednesday, and this year's flop is much harder to deal with.

In the summer the club had also wanted to sell midfielder Frenkie de Jong. So it should be hard for fans to accept that a revamped, new-look Barcelona is out of the most lucrative and prestigious competition in club football in the month of October. โ€œWe have not been up to the task due to our lack of effectiveness in the area and our mistakes. Barcelona was barely able to meet the Spanish leagueโ€™s financial rules based on debts compared to revenues necessary to register new players for this season. Xavi, a fan favorite for his leading role in the best Barcelona teams of all time when he played under Pep Guardiola, returned with no major club experience to take over the team as its coach last season when Ronald Koeman was fired. The bet, Laporta argued, was necessary to get Barcelona back to winning titles now and to reclaim its spot among Europeโ€™s football elite.

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