It is no secret to anyone that despite the great evolution that FC Barcelona has shown with Xavi Hernández on the bench, they have not yet recovered their best era, something that was expected with the Catalan at the helm and what was shown in the classic at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, against Galatasaray, and Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg, it cost him and it was not his best performance.
The presentation of Barcelona was given for criticism from several expert journalists, and a club icon and reference, Luis Suárez Miramontes. The 86-year-old former striker was very strong in his testimonies about the role of the Catalans in the quarterfinals in Germany. A trustworthy voice for his career in the Blaugrana team, being the first and until now the only Spaniard to win the Ballon d’Or in 1960.
Suárez proceeded to say, ‘thank goodness it’s a modest team because they could have scored 3 or 4 against us. Barcelona is playing an inexplicable game, nothing is working. I don’t see anyone reacting in this sad game. In addition to not running, he does not play and it is very serious.
The former world-renowned Spanish soccer player also said, ‘someone said that Pedri had to appear, but more than four have to appear today, because if not….’.
Finally, Suárez maintained that this game cannot be repeated at the Camp Nou, and he is lucky that Frankfurt did not win the game, ‘they are going to solve it easily because this Eintracht is not a great team. If they haven’t won today, they’re never going to beat Barcelona because Barça won’t play another such weak game. And that Barça play with another shirt, please’.
