They are nowhere near favorite. West Ham can beat them easily. Also, all-time Europa great Sevilla will also be there. No chance for Barcelona.
Champions League | Matchday 6
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Always funny to watch injured players make sure the camera has their "suffering" properly in sight.
Sane should've made that 4.
That's that then. Can't say I ever expected us to qualify in a group with Bayern and Barça!
Poor Barcelona!
Barca are out 
La Liga really needs a strong Barca though. I can’t see them getting back to there they were for years to come
Bayern didn't even play very well tonight, unsurprisingly due to injuries and quarantined players. Still can't quite believe how little Barca have to offer currently.
I think 03-04
I’m going to light a candle and hope we get Lille!
We would be favorites for that one with a strong chance to make the quarter finals !
We would be favorites for that one with a strong chance to make the quarter finals !
feck you Barca Eh. Seriously, depends on their finances. If they recover quick enough, they'll be back quicker than that. De Jong-Pedri+anyone has the potential to be an awesome midfield, Ansu Fati is amazing, if he can stay fit, Araujo looks like a top CB prospect, and they actually have a lot of talent coming up through the academy right now
But more seriously, i'd rather they go bankrupt and disappear
Oh dear
If I were a Madrid fan I’d totally agree to be fair.
I do think Barca plight is hiding behind youth and youth can blind you. There are many young players around Europe playing to a good level but very, very, very few will make a difference that they can compete v the elite sides. For Barca to have 4 or 5 of them as they lay mid table would be long odds against.
Fans tend to judge young players potential by their positive attributes rather than being even handed
Eh, Araujo, Pedri and one of Gavi/Nico would be enough and they look fairly likely tbf, already next season possibly or the one after. They badly need to invest in the attack atm. It's not that big a task if they have the money for, say, Halaand
Back in the good, good old days, Barcelona were fresh off signing Cesc Fabregas, giving minutes to highly rated Thiago, and thinking the future was settled.
These guys may make the difference, maybe not for Barcelona.
You don't think it's a little odd that after like a decade of not producing anyone particularly, Barcelona suddenly have a bunch of future star toddlers all of a similar age?
In the great Pep team there was quite a big age gap between the Xavis and the Busquets.
Araujo is 22. Pedri they signed. Those two look pretty much sure things. They need one of Gavi/Nico to come good. Not that far-fetched. With De Jong and Pedri they might not even need them to becomd that good either, just functional at the top level
Very true. And noone hypes their youngsters as delusionally as Barca (of course they are also the quickest to forget them once they've turned out to be nothing much).
But the point about positive attributes is an important one, there's a honeymoon period for youngsters of our clubs where we fans cherish everything good they do and forgive every weakness, and it's a beautiful thing, but to make it in an elite club they do have to withstand much higher scrutiny in the long run, and only the fewest actually make it
What Barca needs most is a good striker.
With Depay/Ansu/Dembele/Coutinho on the wings and de Jong/Pedri/Gavi behind them they could be great going forward.
With Depay/Ansu/Dembele/Coutinho on the wings and de Jong/Pedri/Gavi behind them they could be great going forward.
2 goals scored and 9 conceded from Barca in 6 matches they played in semi-final 2,5 years ago. Terrible decline but going to Europa League may be a better thing for this current Barcelona side.
they played in semi-final 2,5 years ago. Terrible decline but going to Europa League may be a better thing for this current Barcelona side.I can't wait for Antonio to get his hands on Pique.
When was the last time Coutinho played? I'd take him back in a heartbeat.
Today? Subbed on after 73 minutes.
Some people on here were shitting on Messi for the past 2-3 years when he was basically their only spark
exactly, I haven’t seen a bigger drop off for any sporting team since a star player left since lebron left Cleveland in 2010
Lewandowski and few others I think have more goals than entire Barca team.
They literally removed all Messi's goals and replaced them with nothing.
They literally removed all Messi's goals and replaced them with nothing.
Even after dropping to EL, they couldn't catch a break. Sevilla decided to go there this year again...
Atalanta 0 Villarreal 2 (danjuma, capoue)
Danjuma is a top class player, another level.
Danjuma is a top class player, another level.
0-3 (Danjuma)
A waterloo
A waterloo
Comeback status: On
3-2
Atalanta not sunk yet.
I hardly noticed him at Bournemouth. Did he always show this potential?
Atalanta just hit the post
nearly the equalizer, what a game.
Am I right in thinking a draw wouldn't be enough for Atalanta?
You're right - they need to win
Villarreal is going to be one of the weakest teams in the round of 16.
Feck Memphis Depay. Danjuma is the real Dutch star attacker.
Unlike Memphis he's also a nice and down to earth dude.
Unlike Memphis he's also a nice and down to earth dude.
Says a lot about Spanish football that two of the their teams going through play some of the ugliest football going at the minute.
Villarreal will be imo a easy draw for someone in next phase, especially away at home they are difficult to beat.