The last day of the phase of groups of the Champions has left quite clear the feelings of the F.C.Barcelona in his first season after Messi. Feelings that no only are presents in LaLiga Santander but also they are it living in the European competition, what has carried them to lose the two parties in front of a colossal Bayern Munich and not being able to win to a Benfica that has snatched them precisely the second place that gives access to eighth of final.
The Catalans have finished the phase of groups having added so alone two victories, by the minimum, in front of the team deleted of the group, the Dinamo of Kiev. The tie to zero home in front of the Benfica was the key for the elimination of the Barcelona that will have to conform with playing the Europe League, the ancient Glass of the Uefa.
From the year 2000 that the F.C.Barcelona did not remain out of the Champions in the phase of groups, something that has left very touched to the square culé. Then, the group trained by Serra Ferrer and with names of the size of Xavi, Guardiola, Kluivert or Puyol remained went before happening to the phase of groups. Everything came die, partly, by a similar fact to the become this season, the exit of one of the key figures of the team, then, the Portuguese Luis Figo.
After the elimination culé, the lower evil is the dispute of a European tournament of second line that has won in competitiveness and interest in the last years. Beside the Catalans, join to the Europe League from the Champions teams of the size of Seville, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Port wine or Zenith of Saint Petesburgo, complex rivals for a difficult season for the Barcelona.
To the Catalans expects them a second classified of which have contested the phase of groups of the Europe League in dieciseisavos of final. This allows esquivar to the recently fallen of the Champions and to the first qualifiers of the Europe League, what does that this first crossing, a priori, was something more affordable.
The Barça is not favourite for the Europe League
Although the pairings still are for defining , the barcelonistas will not split like main favourites in a tournament with teams very expert in the competition. From the page of prognoses and bets of Sportytrader can follow to the detail all the evolution of the Catalan group and of the rest of teams of the competition to have the most precise information at first hand. We think that the ones of Xavi Hernández will have to improve a lot to face up to teams like Borussia Dortmund or Seville, big experts in surrendering to the maximum in this type of competitions.