The humiliation of the Barça salpica to part of the sportive press

Possibly it was Ernesto Valverde the one who more warned it in press conference: "it can not despise to the Rome, is a big team". The message did not finish of calar never between the fans neither neither in good part of the affine media to the actuality culé, that did not believe possible a stage in which the Rome deleted to the FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Still less after the 4-1 of the party of gone, but fits to say that the 'menosprecios' of a sector of the press culé to the Rome arrived a lot before, just the day in which the Barça remained matched with the 'giallorossi' in the round of quarter-finals. "A bombón", titled the newspaper 'Sport' in the cover of the following day, whereas 'Sportive World' and other means of clear orientation blaugrana also showed tremendously optimistic with the 'luck', in appearance, that had had the Barcelona in the draw.

Of the 'triplete' to the humiliation of the Barça

The time has left clear that, in the football, does not win the favourite but the one who more works on the lawn. The FC Barcelona relaxed too much in the party of turn and surely also Valverde, whose changes arrived late when seeing surpassed in all the facets by the approach of Eusebio Gave Francesco in the Olympic.

The Barcelona did not go never the same team that, during the two first thirds of the season, had ploughed a full season of dreams and with a lot of aspirations, because of the big become that it kept him like candidate to conquer a new 'triplete'. Precisely this word, the 'triplete', appeared in the quoted means in several occasions when it spoke of the Rome, giving almost by seated the pass of the Barça to semifinals.

Few would have bet by the Rome

Few would have bet against of this, and those who have done it sure that have won a good total of money. The case is that the humiliation of the Barcelona has dotted to all those that, as a result of the optimism and of the good vibrations that gave off till lately the Barça, gave almost by done the presence of the Barcelona in semifinals of the Champions League.

Now, the world of the sport and can that also the 'karma' has given them back the hit. The Rome, by own merits, is perfect merecedora of a place in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. It can not say the same the Barça, that has remained planted in the quarter-finals by third consecutive time. And with a Messi, by the way, increasingly gone in in years.