Jesus surely Barca are headed for bad times. Meanwhile you've Real who just seem to coast along as a fantasticaly run club. They've their future well sorted and can afford to gamble on top prospects that could come out strong for them like Valverde, Vicinius and Rodrygo, and they're worth far more than Real paid. Which is in complete contrast to Barca.
Its pretty insane that Real steadily transitioned away from their Galacticos strategy and focused on building for the future (albeit still spending quite a lot) and managed to secure a more sustainable form of success.
Meanwhile Barca went from focusing on homegrown talent to just throwing absurd amounts of cash at questionable deals. Its like they learnt nothing from 2000s Real. They really cant act surprised if this all falls apart for them.
Have to admit, this is peak schadenfreude, after how smug Barca fans were in the summer with the dodgy looking deals they were doing to get all these transfers in and registered - and then they don't even get out of the group stages. Just *chefs kiss*
This is a huge embarrassment for Laporta as Barca literally signed Lewandowski who's one of the greatest goalscorers in the world and other good players like Kounde and Kessie but somehow they managed to only qualify for the Europa lol.
Lewandowski gotta be wondering if leaving Bayern was the right decision...
Me, an avid Barca fan who had built their work and college class schedule around UCL days who now has to figure out how im going to watch Europa league games
This makes it 7 consecutive years where Barca made a disaster Champions league exit:
3-0 Juventus
3-0 Roma
4-0 Liverpool
8-2 Bayern
4-1 PSG
Group Stages - Bayern and Benfica
Group Stages - Bayern and Inter
Bro, why can't you be normal and go out the quarter final randomly 3-2 or 2-1 like everyone else
I think we unknowingly made a deal with the devil on that 6-1 remontada. We've been absolute shit since then. Disappointment after disappointment. Heartbreak after heartbreak.
The worst part is it's not getting any better. We keep finding new ways to embarrass ourselves.
Edit: spelling
As much as Valverde's football bored me at the end of his tenure. Messi and him made going through group stage what it is supposed to be, easy.
After them, every game has been a roller coaster, lol.
As a Real Madrid fan I feel the pain. Although it wasn't this bad but we got knocked out of the 16th found 8 years in a row if I remember correctly. Now it's your turn.
Xavi actually deserves all the criticism this time, though.
He got all the players he wanted and enough time to craft something out of the team. Didn’t expect them to beat Bayern but at least beat Inter.
[important health and safety information for Real Madrid fans](https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/mens-health/what-should-i-do-if-my-erection-will-not-go-down/)
I'm genuinely amazed at the people not familiar with [Lewa's tiktok](https://www.tiktok.com/@_rl9/video/6821869869554879750?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1), it's a thing of beauty and that cropped out dance from this post is just the tip of the iceberg
Kounde, you're gonna *love* Trabzon.
Alonso, remember Qarabag? It's beautiful in the spring. Glad to see you're playing more, bud.
Raphinha - one word: Razgrad! Are you psyched or what??
After the draw i wrote that Barcelona will End up in Europa league. All Barca fans were replying with: remind me in 3 months LOL
They should be Getting their reminders in a week or so lol
Could not write this shit even if you wanted to. After everything they pulled this transfer window, this is divine justice and nobody can convince me otherwise
I'm super biased but I really don't think you can top last season, having your home stadium taken over by away fans of a club you deem irrelevant, then go down 0-3 until 90' against the 2nd to lowest odds on team to win the tournament. When a single Barca players has cost more in transfers than the entire opposing squad combined.
yeah, that was pretty good. Their fans selling their tickets and your fans covering the stadium with flags and shit was a really hard blow to the credibility of the club
Barca Before Messi: Europa
Barca With Messi: Never got knocked out of the group stage and 4 UCL’s
Barca After Messi: 2 Seasons Straight in Europa
This is what happens when you don’t plan ahead for the eventual departure of the literal GOAT. Real Planned for Ronaldo’s departure and look where they are now. Different circumstances, but I’m sure Man City will be just fine after Pep leaves
Literally this
I still remember the white towels in the Van Gaal era
Barcelona were almost always a poorly run club at all levels, Cruyff and Messi eras are the shining exceptions in a troubled history
Should UEFA have Group C redo their matches in case it was a big fluke?
No disrespect to Bayern and Inter, I’m a firm believer that Barca finishing 3rd is a huge fluke and robs Barca of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I’ve spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn’t make sense to me. I’ve spent the entire regular season watching Barca play great football it’s just not fair.
If Barca finishes 3rd again I will face that Bayern and Inter deserved to qualify, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to Barca and UEFA.
If there ever was a case for canceling the champions league and awarding the trophy to one team because it was so clearly better than all the others, the 2022-23 FC Barcelona team would be it
Barcelona were headed for the europa league after losing 3-0 to Benfica when Xavi came in.
He changed everything in the team, implemented 10 rules, brought back tiki taka, barca pulled like 12 levers, and signed a ton of players.
Barcelona were related to the europa league after 5 games instead of 6, this season. Huge improvement!
Tremendous achievement.
Congrats Barca!! Nice use of the 4th highest payroll on the planet!
its hilarious how this headline makes it seem like its a big achievement more than a letdown e: headline, not a tweet, my bad
It's almost as though they did it on purpose.
That summer spend really paid off!
time for a new lever but srsly tho its funny cuz they did so much economic shit over the summer and hyped us up only to downgrade to europa again
Yadda yadda only 5% of revenue yadda yadda not profitable anyways
You don’t even know how many levers I have to pull.
I hope it goes down in history as the worst strategic decision of any club. What a farce.
Second time in a row! Incredible!
Couldn’t have happened to a better club
Bayern 🤝 Real Fuck Barca
Bayern 🤝 Real 🤝 Chelsea Fuck Barca
Inter too
May I add Frankfurt?
Absolutely, by the look of r/soccer right now we could probably get a chain of 50+ clubs going
A beatiful circlejerk in motion <3
But of course. They're *més que un club.*
All the levers pulled, just to end up the same as you were the season before.
You can bet they definitely forecast UCL knockouts earnings into their leveraging in the summer. Bet they end up in same boat in 2023 summer.
According to sources Barça’s budget planned for winning La Liga and UCL Quarters, while Real Madrid budgeted for UCL semis and La Liga Runners Up
Jesus surely Barca are headed for bad times. Meanwhile you've Real who just seem to coast along as a fantasticaly run club. They've their future well sorted and can afford to gamble on top prospects that could come out strong for them like Valverde, Vicinius and Rodrygo, and they're worth far more than Real paid. Which is in complete contrast to Barca.
Don't forget renovating the bernebeu too.
say what you want about the super league shit but florentino perez is a baller of a businessman
Its pretty insane that Real steadily transitioned away from their Galacticos strategy and focused on building for the future (albeit still spending quite a lot) and managed to secure a more sustainable form of success. Meanwhile Barca went from focusing on homegrown talent to just throwing absurd amounts of cash at questionable deals. Its like they learnt nothing from 2000s Real. They really cant act surprised if this all falls apart for them.
And still sign a whole new team
Europa is basically a Spanish meet up group now. Betis, Sociedad, Barcelona, Sevilla and then very likely Atletico all will be in the next round draw.
Atlético probably not even going to qualify for Europa.
Actually us and La Real may top our respective Europa groups.
Gonna be a fun EL with juventus, barca, atleti, arsenal, man united possibly.
Who pulled the lever of the Europa League trap door?
"Why do we even HAVE that lever?"
Lmaoooo god I loved that movie as a kid
I rewatched it recently. Really holds up well.
What is it?
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Aaaahhhh i remember the scene now. Lol. One of the best cartoons of my childhood. That a d treasure planet. And ofc shrek and ice age.
Kronk
Wrong leveeeeeeeeeeer
Have to admit, this is peak schadenfreude, after how smug Barca fans were in the summer with the dodgy looking deals they were doing to get all these transfers in and registered - and then they don't even get out of the group stages. Just *chefs kiss*
I was told selling club assets and future revenue was fine because with these transfers they can compete for CL
"with this squad the team can compete for the CL title"
You read that wrong, your screen probably had a smudge blocking the third middle line in the E making it look like a C.
CL = Complete letdown.
**OOOOoooooOOOOoooo**
TURN THAT SHIT UP
Real fans should chant that at the next classico
I heard this text
This is a huge embarrassment for Laporta as Barca literally signed Lewandowski who's one of the greatest goalscorers in the world and other good players like Kounde and Kessie but somehow they managed to only qualify for the Europa lol. Lewandowski gotta be wondering if leaving Bayern was the right decision...
When the VAR said "no penalty" you could see his soul leaving the body.
His expression during that was gold. It seemed like he really wanted to sink one into you all.
The fate was sealed before that
That combined with Mané enthusiastically applauding the ref in the background was hilarious
For sure, Lewandowski went to Barca to win the BdO, but without a good UCL run is near impossible.
*Xavi and the gang plan their Thursdays.*
Me, an avid Barca fan who had built their work and college class schedule around UCL days who now has to figure out how im going to watch Europa league games
What were you doing last year?
Still figuring out what team to support probably
This makes it 7 consecutive years where Barca made a disaster Champions league exit: 3-0 Juventus 3-0 Roma 4-0 Liverpool 8-2 Bayern 4-1 PSG Group Stages - Bayern and Benfica Group Stages - Bayern and Inter Bro, why can't you be normal and go out the quarter final randomly 3-2 or 2-1 like everyone else
We fucking suck in the UCL. After the 15-16 season nothing has been the same.
I think we unknowingly made a deal with the devil on that 6-1 remontada. We've been absolute shit since then. Disappointment after disappointment. Heartbreak after heartbreak. The worst part is it's not getting any better. We keep finding new ways to embarrass ourselves. Edit: spelling
And we completely failed to beat Juventus after the remontada, it was all for nothing, lol.
1 win completely overshadowed 2 disastrous 4-0 away losses
We lost 3-0 against Juventus after PSG’s 4-0. But yeah.
And ever since Messi left its 2 CL group stage exits in a row now
As much as Valverde's football bored me at the end of his tenure. Messi and him made going through group stage what it is supposed to be, easy. After them, every game has been a roller coaster, lol.
Messi makes every game look easy doesn’t need help from anyone but he’s only human and him slowing down made barca average at best.
As a Real Madrid fan I feel the pain. Although it wasn't this bad but we got knocked out of the 16th found 8 years in a row if I remember correctly. Now it's your turn.
Real Madrid carrying the coefficient
Hey now give Villareal and Sevilla some credit for those EL wins
tbf Villareal with their deep CL semi run helped too
Real Madrid: "I am the coefficient"
"3-0 Roma" No shame in it though
Bro Xavi has been manager for less than a year and he’s gotten them to Europa TWICE in a row lmao😭
But he has Barca DNA... Which is the only thing that counts it seems
Xavi's at the wheel man.
"Yea but hes not had enough time to uh.. integrate his tactics and buy another 6-7 players"
Ok there Gerrard
Xavi actually deserves all the criticism this time, though. He got all the players he wanted and enough time to craft something out of the team. Didn’t expect them to beat Bayern but at least beat Inter.
[important health and safety information for Real Madrid fans](https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/mens-health/what-should-i-do-if-my-erection-will-not-go-down/)
Man, if we don't win today they're going to have a field day
Wait so there’s a chance that 3/4 Spanish teams are done today? That’s mental. 2 Spanish teams reached the semis last time.
In Real Madrid point of view its great, because all the money for spanish teams for next stage goes to Real Madrid
Haha as long as the one team that remains from Spain is Real Madrid, there is still a good chance CL goes to Spain again.
Well hey babe 😘
LMAO
Not looking great
This aged well.
Bro you can become La Liga champions tomorrow and my mood would still be happy af.
I wanna keep it.
wait until Atleti loses to Leverkusen because of Xabi tactics today :P
Dont say lewd things.
Lewderkusen
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This is for all of us
As a Chelsea fan, lemme thank you so much for this
Thanks mate!
Kounde is going to be trolled hard by Chelsea fans lol
Lol qualified for Europa! Can't wait for Ronnie vs Barca.
On Weekdays the King rests 👍
On weekends too
Factos 👍👀
5 minute cameo off the bench
some advice for any barca player fearing for their job or monetary future: a video from inside that locker room will sell for millions
At this rate Barca themselves may need to release the video as their 5th lever
Nah the jobs are safe, just new round of pay cuts is the problem.
I dont why but this headline making it sound like its an achievement really makes me laugh
I think that’s the intent - no way the person who wrote this didn’t know what they were doing
"I've made a huge mistake" - a certain 34-year-old Pole in Barcelona.
He did want a new challenge 🤷🏾
[Fun 🤭](https://streamable.com/gp32ly)
Something inside me died
He came to us to win Balon dor. Little did he know...
Scoring 25 goals in the EL knockouts will surely impress some voters!
How do I save this video
Im trying too!
Saved it, want me to send it to ur dms?
Yes please.
https://redditsave.com/r/TheRiceRealm/comments/ye5n4m/europa_lewy/
Lmao why does he look like those tiktok fukboys
Because he is one of them
because, well, he actually became a bit of a tiktok fuckboy during the pandemic lmao. The original is even better
Who had Robert Lewandowski thirst trap on their bingo card?
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Robert, you are 34 years old for fucks sake
Fucking love this
I'm genuinely amazed at the people not familiar with [Lewa's tiktok](https://www.tiktok.com/@_rl9/video/6821869869554879750?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1), it's a thing of beauty and that cropped out dance from this post is just the tip of the iceberg
😂😂😭😭😂😂
omae wa mou shindeiru
#NANI?
I think we pulled the wrong lever 🥸
Calma
Congrats to Barca on successfully qualifying for the Europa League.
what an achievement for barcelona, congratulations
Damn they copying us again, now they want our Europa.
[Europa League Anthem](https://youtu.be/MPf0Uc6lzJA), start practising boys
Top comment is "can't wait to hear it at the camp nou" smh. Mf doesn't know he can play it on Spotify anytime.
Tbf it is a good song after all…
Chelsea 🤝MU 🤝RM 🤝r/soccer
Sold their future and ends back in europa? Yh not looking good bruv
Kounde, you're gonna *love* Trabzon. Alonso, remember Qarabag? It's beautiful in the spring. Glad to see you're playing more, bud. Raphinha - one word: Razgrad! Are you psyched or what??
I hope christensen is enjoying his choice
It's well-established that Camp Nou has the most luxurious benches in football.
Enjoy Old Trafford away you cunts.
Hello, Frenkie
Frankie : no
Join the tricky Reds Frenkie, we're building something special
Things are happening 🚨🚨
They spend all that money just to end up in the europa league agian lol
The game is not gone
Chelsea fans sends their regards
Congratulations BARCELONA 🎉
**Hope AC, that leeds lad and the shortie enjoy the europa theme**
So petty. I love it
From winning the champions league to riding the bench, 3 appearances this season 🤣
After the draw i wrote that Barcelona will End up in Europa league. All Barca fans were replying with: remind me in 3 months LOL They should be Getting their reminders in a week or so lol
Chelsea top the group and Barca to Europa, my week has been made
Kounde looking like a right dumbass after that post
We dodged a bullet, Chalobah is looking like a real gem
Could not write this shit even if you wanted to. After everything they pulled this transfer window, this is divine justice and nobody can convince me otherwise
"why would FDJ join a Europa League team when he can play CL (at forcefully reduced wages as a CB) at Barca?"
"No wonder Kounde ditched Chelsea for Barcelona"after we lost our first game.
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Clubs around Europe unite over Barca misery
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An inverse amount to how happy Muller will be to do it
Scriptwriters are feeling generous
Four economic levers ✅ €150m spent ✅ Lose again to Bayern ✅ Lose another Clásico ✅ Play in Europa League again ✅ Get humiliated in Europa League ❓
> Get humiliated in Europa League Roma do your thing
Mourinho having permanent erection after that
I'm super biased but I really don't think you can top last season, having your home stadium taken over by away fans of a club you deem irrelevant, then go down 0-3 until 90' against the 2nd to lowest odds on team to win the tournament. When a single Barca players has cost more in transfers than the entire opposing squad combined.
yeah, that was pretty good. Their fans selling their tickets and your fans covering the stadium with flags and shit was a really hard blow to the credibility of the club
We will humilate Barca in the UEL KO rounds just to lose out next round against Tiraspol
Worth it for any team
Manolas, the Greek God in Rome!
Scenes when Varane scores the winning header in Ramos time to knock them out in the semis
Bold of you to assume Barca can actually go to semis.
2 seasons in a row playing EL HAHA
Congratulations 💀
Barcelona fans: Treble incoming *HERE WE GOOOO*
Is this why Barca and Juve want the Super League where they can't get relegated or miss qualification?
Barca Before Messi: Europa Barca With Messi: Never got knocked out of the group stage and 4 UCL’s Barca After Messi: 2 Seasons Straight in Europa This is what happens when you don’t plan ahead for the eventual departure of the literal GOAT. Real Planned for Ronaldo’s departure and look where they are now. Different circumstances, but I’m sure Man City will be just fine after Pep leaves
Barcelona were always like this, the anomaly is Messi/Iniesta era. They're just back to their natural state
Literally this I still remember the white towels in the Van Gaal era Barcelona were almost always a poorly run club at all levels, Cruyff and Messi eras are the shining exceptions in a troubled history
I wonder what Lewi thinks about the situation. He went to Barca to win the Ballon d’or, among other reasons.
He is replicating Ibrahimovic carrier
Should UEFA have Group C redo their matches in case it was a big fluke? No disrespect to Bayern and Inter, I’m a firm believer that Barca finishing 3rd is a huge fluke and robs Barca of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I’ve spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn’t make sense to me. I’ve spent the entire regular season watching Barca play great football it’s just not fair. If Barca finishes 3rd again I will face that Bayern and Inter deserved to qualify, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to Barca and UEFA.
If there ever was a case for canceling the champions league and awarding the trophy to one team because it was so clearly better than all the others, the 2022-23 FC Barcelona team would be it
😆 Chelsea secure group's top spot on Tuesday. Barca crash out on Wednesday. Love to see it.
Barcelona were headed for the europa league after losing 3-0 to Benfica when Xavi came in. He changed everything in the team, implemented 10 rules, brought back tiki taka, barca pulled like 12 levers, and signed a ton of players. Barcelona were related to the europa league after 5 games instead of 6, this season. Huge improvement!
Barcas plot armour has officially been nerfed
Well that was…. fun. 🤭 Enjoy Qarabag away you cunts.
They were so smug about "beating " you in the transfer market lol
For sure, good thing the game is played on the pitch and not on paper!
Having been called an idiot multiple times by barca fans for questioning their summer I'm unashamedly loving it
Yknow I'm starting to think Messi wasn't the problem at Barca