At the beginning of 2021, Barca welcomed the team's new president, Laporta. The Red and Blues under Koeman's command have played a wave of winning streaks under Messi's leadership, and although they are ultimately a fraction of a millimeter, they are still strong contenders for the La Liga title. In the summer, Messi leaves with tears in his eyes, and in the winter Barca begin to prepare for the Europa League, and Laporta's reconstruction work does not seem to have moved forward, but has already retreated.
La Porta's margin crisis
The whistle passes but loses part of the decision-making power
Despite winning the presidency in March, Laporta was in trouble almost immediately. Because according to the regulations, he needs to scrape a deposit of 124 million euros within 10 days of his election.
However, because of the sudden withdrawal of Jaume Giro, a financial tycoon and the highest personal asset in La porta's campaign (he asked to become first vice chairman, but Laporta only arranged for him to become vice chairman of finance), Laporta had a funding gap of 75 million. Fortunately, on the last day before the deadline, Catalan energy company Audax Renovables decided to help out and handed over the remaining part.
However, there is no free lunch in the world, and in exchange, Eduard Romeu, the deputy of the chairman of Audax Renovables, enters the management team as a representative of interests, which will gain a greater voice on the board of directors, thus weakening Laporta's power in decision-making.
Copa del Rey + La Liga fell short
Rebounding strongly from January, Coman's Barca quickly got back on track. Establishing a dual-core model of Messi and Griezmann's forward line, both of their data will soar in 2021.
In the Copa del Rey final, Griezmann's goal helped the team open the door to victory, and Messi's goal twice allowed Barca to win a heart-wrenching victory.
Unfortunately, in the fight for the La Liga title, Barca had problems in the final sprint stage, and the home side suffered a 1-2 reversal from Granada. Mingosa's serious stoppage error deprived Barca of the best time to reach the top. Coupled with the unexpected injury of Busquets in the key battle against Atletico, the team failed to win at home and could only watch Suarez and Atletico become champions.
Messi leaves
Throw the pot la Liga and CVC
With regret of missing la Liga title, Laporta has repeatedly stressed that he will "raise the butcher knife" to perform major surgery on the team in the summer. I didn't want Coutinho, Umtiti and others to stay in the team, but Messi left for Paris.
At that time, all the media thought that barca were preparing a ceremony to celebrate Messi's contract extension, but at the press conference, Laporta announced that "because of the salary cap of La Liga, Messi and Barca agreed on a contract extension, but they could not complete the signing." ”
Tebas quickly launched a counterattack, saying that the La Liga league has never prevented Barca from signing Messi, and even took the initiative to arrange CVC financing projects to ensure that Barca are ready to keep Messi on paper and financially.
No matter who among them is lying, the end result is that Messi travels to The Ligue 1, team-mates mbappe and Neymar, and at the end of the year lifts his seventh and first Ballon d'Or in Ligue 1 history.
Will be out of tune
Koeman's conflict with Laporta led to a fluctuating record
Before winning the Copa del Rey last season, Laporta had been looking for a new manager to replace Koeman. But as the team won a title, Laporta's plan was "postponed.". He even publicly exposed the news in the summer when facing the media that "Koeman was in poor health and went to the hospital", and then met with the anger of Koeman's agent.
After entering the new season, Koeman lost messi and Griezmann, the top two scorers of the previous season, and then the pro-Laporta mouthpiece media repeatedly emphasized that Barca should not play the three-centre-back formation (in fact, after Xavi coached Barca, he also played the three-center-back formation soon), so that Koeman's platoon deployment always belonged to a very poor public opinion environment.
The Dutchman, who eventually "let himself go", like his predecessors, in the final moments of his coaching, somewhat indulgently used La Masia's U19 youngsters, which also caused the team's record to fluctuate seriously. When Coman leaves class, Laporta won't be the winner either, because of the team's poor record, everyone's face is not shining.
The Champions League group stage is out
This pot Harvey should not carry
After Koeman left class, Team B coach Barjuan temporarily led the team for a while, and then the Red and Blues welcomed new manager --- Harvey. But Harvey was facing a team full of injuries, and he even had to use more B-team youngsters.
After Dembele's return from injury, Xavi tailored the right tactical system for him, allowing the french winger, who has always been criticized, to play 90 minutes in two consecutive games and deliver consecutive assists that determine the winner or loser.
However, in the previous Champions League life-and-death battle, when facing Benfica, Fati was injured and Dembele had not yet entered the starting lineup, and Barca had too few manpower to use. Behind Depay, the forward partners are Garvey and Nico, two midfielders from the B team, and Barca, who have no forward, failed to win the opponent and also laid the groundwork for the final round of 0-3 defeat to Bayern.
At the beginning of 2022, Barca will appear in the Europa League and need to work hard in La Liga to return to the top four as soon as possible and ensure that they can appear in the Champions League next season.
On the occasion of the New Year, Laporta's gift to the team is a fixed €55 million + €10 million floating signing of Spain international Ferran Torres, and fans will hope that this will be the beginning of the Rossandr ross back on track.
Conclusion
Even old Barca fans who have experienced the Gaspat era may feel confused and sad about the chaos of the team in 2021. As the greatest president in Barca's history, Laporta needs to prove as soon as possible that she is fundamentally different from Barca's worst president, Bartomeu. And the basis of all this is ultimately reflected in the team's record.