TIL Desk Sports/ After sweeping to last season’s title and seeing Real Madrid weakened by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona look well placed to retain their La Liga crown although improving their Champions League fortunes may prove a bigger priority.
Despite clinching the title with four games to spare and also lifting the Copa del Rey, there was an empty feeling towards the end of the campaign in Catalonia after Barca were dumped out of Europe’s biggest competition by AS Roma in the quarter-finals after blowing a three-goal lead in the tie.
That disappointment had some calling for the head of coach Ernesto Valverde despite his astounding domestic achievements, which quickly became overshadowed by arch-rivals Real Madrid winning a third consecutive European crown. Barca’s last Champions League triumph came in 2015, and since then they have failed to get beyond the quarter-finals while Real have monopolised the trophy.
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