ONE | system 23/04/2024 07:28
Florentino Perez (Reuters)
Barcelona will once again likely finish a season without a title, with their Clasico loss to Real Madrid handing the Blancos the championship on a plate. In one week, the Catalans lost the championship and also the possibility of winning the Champions League.
Before the match against Real, Juan Laporte and Florentino Perez talked over a meal on Sunday in Madrid. It was claimed in the Catalan media that the president of the Blancos sent a message that surprised Barca, when he said: “I don’t understand why people are so stressed”, in the context of Barcelona’s expulsion from the Champions League and the possibility that the team will also leave the championship race.
Peres mentioned that last season Real Madrid lost the championship and Manchester City beat the Whites 0:4 in the semi-final rematch, and Carlo Ancelotti’s status was not at all questioned, which did happen with Xavi, even though the Spaniard does not have the record of titles and the status of the italian
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In Catalonia they emphasized that Barcelona was still in a period of construction, and the relegation from the Champions League and the loss of the championship to Real was something that was taken into account, but Barcelona had an obsession with the last Clasico that did not exist in Madrid.
