"We want to aspire to all the next season. We want to have big possibilities to achieve all the competitions", said Joan Laporta around the middle of June after the FC Barcelona began to reinforce in the market of signings. The panorama invited to believe in that the team could offer much more in this course: they Came to win LaLiga, with a positive performance and a defensive solvency that left the feeling that Xavi Hernández had given with the key. More than by the players and leading, by the approach and the game.
The castle of naipes has destroyed much prompter of what any barcelonista expected . Although it still remains the opportunity of the Champions League, with the eighth of final, the situation is delicate. In full month of January, have sacked of the Glass of Rey and Supercopa of Spain, whereas LaLiga the distance with the leadership is of ten points. The culés are in the third square, to five of the Girona, and with the Athletic (48) and Athletic (45, waiting for his party of the day) pursuing them. That is to say, peligra the participation in the next Supercopa and, besides, the places of League of Champions.
The new aims of the Barça
The true is that it results impressive as, in full February, the aims of the culés have changed entirely. From the breast of the club resist to give the title suspender belt by stray (Xaví said that "we want to aspire to all the next season. We want to have big possibilities to achieve all the competitions..."), but the reality is that there are two stages that see complicated: That the Barça improve his provision and win the 14 parties that remain by in front and that the Real Madrid leave points on the way, to the equal that a Girona that, in spite of the goleada fit in Santiago Bernabéu, only has fallen in two opportunities.
The true is that, as they explain from SPORT, in the Barça prevails the reality and have modified his aims in what to the achievement of titles refers . In LaLiga, the main aim is 'ensure' the ticket to the Supercopa of Spain. Right now, the 'privilege' has it the Girona. For the Catalans is vital to achieve it, especially by the economic appearance. This year, already they won seven million euros and results key for the budget of the club.
Prognoses in the Champions League?
On the other hand, in the group blaugrana take for granted that they will surpass the eighth of final against the Napoli. It is in the budget of the club advance in the eliminatory. It is the aim and are conscious that the Italian group is not in an optimum state. Only they have added two victories in the last five parties of the Series To, by what can arrive to the European duel with more doubts that certainties.