The numbers that justify the end of Barça’s cycle

BarcelonaAlthough the reconstruction of Barça began in 2003 with the arrival of Frank Rijkaard on the bench, and that team won two leagues and a Champions League, at the Camp Nou it is customary to set the score to zero from the 2008 / 09. It was the year that Pep Guardiola took over from Rijkaard as head coach, changed work routines and implemented a football model that would eventually result in a perfect season, in which he would win the six titles he had in play. With Leo Messi as the spearhead, and reference players such as Sergio Busquets and Gerard Piqué, the team has lived the most glorious decade in its history, winning eight Leagues and three Champions. But the winning inertia has long since ended. Over the years, the team’s backbone has aged and the spare parts that have arrived have not been good enough to make a generational change of maximum guarantees.

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