The big problem with creating expectations is that subsequent disappointment, when reality prevails, is on the same level and bleak. On August 14, Barça made a fool of themselves and were swept 2-8 against Bayern Munich. Piqué said at the time that they had bottomed out. Two months later, then, it cannot be expected that, with a new coach, after Messi’s bureaufax and the club in permanent combustion, the team will be a revelry.
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