The Barça returns to the Europa League 18 years later
It took almost two decades to see Barcelona return to the second European club competition. Specific 18 years later, Barça returns to the Europa League. And we have to go back to the season 2003-04 to see the Catalans again out of the top European competition.
Barça returns to the Europa League in a deserved way
The level of Barcelona is clear that it is light years away from what a club like Barcelona is used to. But the truth is that he has more than won out of the Champions League in a deserved way. With only 2 goals in favor and after being defeated and beaten in the 2 games against Bayern and Benfica and with only 2 wins by the minimum against Dynamo Kiev, the performance of the culés has been frankly poor.
Xavi's arrival It has not been the expected shock and Barça, maintains the poor line that was pointing with Ronald Koeman. The Catalan team by the way, arrives at a competition that he does not have in his record and that is Barça has never won the Europa League.
The last time they fell in the first round of the Champions League was ago 21 years
The last time Barcelona played their damn competition was in the 2003-04 but he played it because in the previous season the culé team had finished sixth in the league, something almost unthinkable until this year. But nevertheless, the last time he was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions was in the 2000-01. In that occasion, Barça finished third in the group after Milan and Leeds United and, as on this occasion, entered the then UEFA Cup.
