The one in Munich was Barça's eleventh debacle in the Champions League since 2016-15

The FC Barcelona confirmed, by enésima time, that is not to compete in big parties. The defeat in front of the Bayern of Munich (3-0) has been the last hit for the Barcelona, but no the only in this season and much less in the last years. The Barça is 'sunk' in the Champions League from does long, but this season has been still worse: it does not remain them more 'remedy' that litigate by the Europe League, a title with much less value and that leaves signalled to the Barcelona.

And it is that it is necessary to trace back until 2015, the year of the triplete with Luis Enrique, but also with Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and Leo Messi to the control, when the Barça was for the last time a fearsome team in the Champions League. Since, it has suffered at all more and at all less than eleven humiliations in the European competition. Before they had been in the final stages, of eighth to semifinals, but now the history has been worse, with the elimination in the phase of groups in hands of the Bayern of Munich and also of the Benfica... The chronicle of a death announced?

The nightmare of the Barça began in the quarter-finals of the season 2015-2016. The Barcelona confronted to the Athletic of Madrid and saldaron the gone with a 2-1 in the Camp Nou, with a doublet of Luis Suárez and the 'discount' of Fernando Torres. There it began the subject of the traced back. In Vicente Calderón, the colchoneros signed a 2-0, with two so many of Antoine Griezmann for 'kill' to the Barcelona.

A season afterwards, the dynamics did not improve, but tried 'hold', at least. In the 2016-2017, went two disappointments in Champions League: first the 4-0 against the Paris Saint-Germain, solved 'in extremis' and of historical way (and with paints of heroes), but against the Juventus of Turín was not sufficient in the quarter-finals. However, it is worth it to remember what sucedió before: the Barcelona fell 4-0 in the eighth of final in the Park of the Princes, but in the turn, in the Camp Nou, hubo miracle: 6-1 for the culés with the goal of Sergi Roberto in the 90+5. Nevertheless, fit a 4-0 always is painful.

In the following phase, against the 'Vecchia Signora', was not sufficient the spirit neither the strength of the previous round. In the crash of gone, in Barcelona earths, the marker remained in zero, but in the Juventus Stadium did not go like this. Paulo Dybala annotated a doublet and Chiellini closed the goleada and classification. The 'bianconeri' wanted to remove the 'espinita' nailed after the final that lost in 2015 against the Barça. And it go that they attained it.

The hecatombe of the Barça, from 2018

In this moment, a year afterwards, began the final catastrophe of the FC Barcelona, of which the team has not been able to recover. The history goes from bad to worse, but seems not having final. From the season 2017-2018, the Barça has sacked of the Champions League with disappointments (or humiliations), traced back and goleadas. A situation that, three years afterwards, continues repeating, with the worst possible denouement in this season. Everything began in Rome.

In the quarter-finals, the Barça traced his way to achieve his ticket to the semifinals. A comfortable (and glorious) 4-1 in the Camp Nou with goals of Hammered and Luis Suárez, and the so many against of Of Rossi and Manolas (and the discount of Dzeko) "sentenced" the eliminatory in the gone, but there were surprises. In the Stadio Olympic, the Rome traced back the classification: a comfortable 3-0 with targets of Dzeko, Of Rossi and Manolas so that the global remained 4-4 and the Barcelona lived his worst nightmare.

The following year, in the 2018-19, everything seemed to improve. The Barça was firm in LaLiga and went to cruising speed in League of Champions. A proof of this, was to reach almost without problems the semifinals. In the Camp Nou the history remained in a 3-0, with doublet of Leo Messi and goal of Suárez. But again there was a change of lethal script in the party of gone. To the culés never goes them to forget the night of 7 May 2019. An Anfield full and dark was the ideal stage for a traced back even worse that the one of Rome: 4-0 of the Liverpool and, again, home.

The history does not improve with the happen of the years. In fact, it is that it worsens significantly. The Barça lived his worst humiliation in Europe in the 2020, of far, in hands of the Bayern of Munich in the 'bubble' of Lisbon, in the middle of the pandemia of the COVID-19. To only party, the Bavarian picture shattered as it wanted to a Barça without reaction: 2-8 against and the worst possible stage for the picture culé. In this opportunity, until Coutinho annotated a doublet for the muniqueses.

For the suffering? As no...

If already with the goleada historical of the Bayern was 'confirmed' that the Barcelona did not give for more, in the beginning of the phase of groups of the 202-21 achieved maquillar the weaknesses of the team with five parties 'perfect'. The team added 15 points of 15 possible and the first place was 'ensured' until the visit of the Juventus in the last day, that finish with a conclusive 0-3 with doublet of Cristiano Ronaldo and another so much of McKennie. The 'Vecchia Signora' assaulted the feudo barcelonista and remained with the first square.

This caused that the culés remained with possibilities to cross to the most complicated teams. And like this it was. The PSG turned into the rival of the Barça and the history was, as always, disappointing. The Parisians visited the Camp Nou and achieved a humillante 1-4, with 'hat-trick' of Kylian Mbappé and another of Moise Kean, in front of the discount of Leo Messi. It was a difficult result to assimilate and more still to trace back, but the Barça tried it in Paris, although they remained with a disappointing tie (1-1).

The enésima confirmation of the disaster

This course has been the worst of all, without place to doubts. And it is complicated to find him a positive side, to be honest. The Barça lived of humiliation in humiliation in this League of Champions, beginning the liguilla with goleada in the Camp Nou in front of the Bayern (0-3) and another in Give Luz (3-0) with the Benfica. The blaugrana took air with two victories to the Dynamo of Kiev, by the minimum both), remained in tie in front of the lisboetas and went back to fall humiliated in front of the Bavarian picture.

It has been the final battle of the Barça in Europe. Not surpassing the phase of groups is a bajón historical and something that did not happen from 20 years ago. The culés will première in the Europe League, in this new format, but to day of today are not favourite for this title. The hope is in what it happen of here to February, that sure will be a lot... It will be able to rescue a bit of shine Xavi? It will be sufficient so that the Barça return to the elite? There is staff for this?... Questions that only the time will answer.