Soccer-Forlorn Barcelona adjust to new normal of European inferiority


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 15 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group E - FC Barcelona vs Bayern Munich - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - September 14, 2021 FC Barcelona's Gerard Pique, Yusuf Demir and Philippe Coutinho look dejected after the match REUTERS/Albert Gea/File photo

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The most striking thing about Barcelona's limp 3-0 defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday was how inevitable it was, and how easily the players and coach Ronald Koeman accepted their drastic drop in status from European giants to outsiders.

Less than a year ago the Catalans had gone 38 games unbeaten at home in the Champions League but now they have lost their last three European games at the Camp Nou, falling 3-0 to Juventus and 4-1 to Paris St Germain before Tuesday's debacle.

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