At present, only Real Madrid, the only team that can come up with cards in La Liga, has advanced to the top four of the Champions League for the 31st time, and Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are in decline, especially Barcelona. Without Messi, even the Champions League group stage could not qualify, and the Europa League semi-finals could not be reached, creating a humiliating record again and again, and even being directly mocked by the opponent espanyol in the same city.
In the Europa League quarter-finals, Barca drew 1-1 away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg and returned to camp Nou to eliminate their opponents to advance to the round of 4 with just one win.
Before the game, Frankfurt fans bought more than 20,000 tickets from unofficial channels, according to official statistics, a total of 79,648 fans watched the game, Frankfurt fans up to 30,468 people, all wearing white jerseys, at a glance thought it was Frankfurt's home.
In the opening 3 minutes, Eric Garcia held Lindström in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, Kostic hit the penalty, Frankfurt took a 1-0 lead. In the 35th minute, Barca's midfielder error was cut off, and Borre blasted out of the box, extending Frankfurt's 2-0 advantage. In the 66th minute, Kamada Dachi scored, and Costic burst into the penalty area and slashed the goal to help Eintracht Frankfurt take a 3-0 lead.
In the 91st minute, Busquets blasted a world-wave goal that led Barca to pull back a city 1-3. In the 99th minute, Frankfurt was awarded a penalty, Depay took the lead, Barca won another 2-3, and finally lost the game, and was eliminated 3-4 on aggregate.
According to statistics, Barca's possession rate is as high as 75%, but there are only 9 shots on goal, Frankfurt completed 15 feet, the scene is dominant, and the game finally depends on how much the score is. This defeat has ended Barça's 15 consecutive unbeaten games in all competitions, and after Xavi took office, Barça still cannot win at home in European competitions, with a record of 3 draws and 1 loss.
This is the first time since the 2004-05 season that Barça has missed the European semi-finals for three consecutive seasons, and the second time in the history of the team to be eliminated in the Champions League and Europa League in the same season, the first time in the 2000-01 season.
What makes Barca even more embarrassed is that the espanyol of the same city team directly went to social media to taunt, "Next week at home against Vallecano, remember to buy some hot dogs at our home.".