The two Barças, from second place to the perfect league

Second place. The minimum objective marked out by Joan Laporta ad Xavi in November has been achieved. Barcelona will play i the Spanish Super Cup and the Champions League. You can’t ask for more from a team that needs a deep transformation to be able to compete for titles again next season. Xavi has a plan that needs unconditional support. Reinforcing with seven or eight signings of quality. Some incorporations that complement the youth - Araujo, Eric, Gavi, Pedri, Ansu, Ferran, Nico, whom around you can build the new project.

Second place confirmed by the soporific 0-0 draw with Getafe is a big prize if we analyse where we came from but it tastes of little for a fans accustomed to the big triumphs. The best moment of the season was there 4-0 win at the Bernabeu. Smashing the Spanish champions and the Champions League finalists should be the first step towards the future. This historic win cannot stay as a simple anecdote. It’s the start of a story that needs to be written. The script of this season has been wild. The best for everyone is that it is over and we can start to work on next year. There is no space for errors.

PERFECT LEAGUE

Barcelona Femeni finished a perfect season. 30 wins from 30 games, 159 goals for, 11 against. Better? Impossible. This history is a demonstration of Barcelona’s excellence. A team that won it all and wants to repeat and improve on it. They have won two titles and will fight for two more in the coming weeks. The Champions League in Turin against Olympique Lyon on the 21st and the Copa, a Clasico in the semi-finals on the 25th.

This quadruple would be an unprecedented success for the club. The men’s team is a long way behind the women’s. The extraordinary work done in the last few years is getting a marvellous reward now. A perfect league for the perfect team.