The Ajax split like perfect victim in his eliminatory of eighth, but confirmed like a disclosure of this Champions deleting to a Real Madrid tricampeón. The Dutch already had warned in the phase of groups with a remarkable performance against another big like the Bayern of Munich, and certified the surprise making history in Santiago Bernabéu and getting in the quarter finals.
Further of the conclusions that can take out the 'merengues' of his errors, the reflection has moved to his rival maximum, the FC Barcelona. The Catalans pretend to step forward in Europe after several seasons of discontents, and although it exists some joy by the failure of the project madridista, would do well in applying the lesson and find an education in this defeat sounded.
In the City Condal know to that confront in the capital because they lived similar feelings does a year, when the Rome left them out of the tournament in chambers. The situation is not treaded because the culés carried more advantage to the turn in the Olympic Stadium and finish conquering the doublet Ties and Glass of Rey, but in any case was a hard hit of the that took a time in recovering .
In the attitude in his first commitments noticed that the Barcelona have changed the chip, and showed it giving the size in a phase of groups in which hardly they gave options to Tottenham, Inter of Milan and PSV Eindhoven. With more or less tarpaulin, the group barcelonista tieed up soon the first square, and the feelings were very positive after measuring to several very demanding opponents.
The Barça knows that it can not fail in the eliminatory
The question is that the Champions has very bad memory, and of at all serves the work done previously because it only explains the done in the eliminatory. As they do not tire to warn Ernesto Valverde and all the members of the staff, an only bad night can ruin the preparation of all the campaign, and that's why it touches to concentrate to the maximum to reduce the distractions in the measure of the possible.
The next challenge in the Camp Nou is the Olympique of Lyon, and the Barça arrives more than warned. Although it was upper in France, the 'lions' showed that, like the Ajax, have a young team but with talent and a lot of danger, and in this case, the men of Bruno Génésio already did to happen some that another bad while to all a Manchester City.
Although it is true that the 0-0 is not bad result, the favourite will have to walk with care, because only it costs him the victory if it wants to be in the following round. A tie with goals and, obviously, a defeat, would leave him was, and any favouritism on the paper, fits to highlight this appearance, does not serve of at all. The only that voucher is what shows on the terrain of game. The ball commands.