It's a shame! I can't believe what happened tonight.
But it's not a big big surprise, as this team is not really strong, not creative enough.
All we can wait for: is a magical move of Messi. If he doesn't save us, no one else will do.
This midfield is very very slow; with the duo Rakitic-Busquets together. Vidal is a big intense player but doesn't have the technique to hold the ball under pressure. We should have played Arthur instead of this "useless" Rakitic. I love Raki as a person, but sorry he adds nothing special to the team; I'm disgusted by this negative playing style with zero creativity and movement !
We literally played with 2 players missing: Coutinho and Rakitic add nothing to the team. And we can add Suarez who is very garbage now. How many UCL goals did he score in the last three years ? Even Benzema did much better.
Oh, I missed to add Valverde too. You play against a team which is missing three key players, which are very tired and they can still beat us that way ?? Why is our team so bad at the physical and mental level ?
And you play the whole game without a winger + no intensity at all ? No solution at all if Messi is sourrounded by 3-4 defenders? Where is the team-movement? Compare that with Ajax !
This is really a very very bad result for this team. But for the next season, I can see Frenkie DeJong as regular key starter (a must) instead of Rakitic (sell him please!). With DeJong and Arthur together we can break any opponent's pressure and dominate any midfield. We need also a good winger + a front-striker, not to be a bench-player like Boateng, but it should be an excellent player who can compete with Suarez and have more competition in this role; Suarez has proved that he cannot be the solution in big games when the team is blocked; and it's strange that our front striker cannot jump and score headers ! I'm thinking about buying a striker like Dzeko; we would have created a lot of big chances with Dzeko at the end of the game; he can beat defenders with his physicality, Suarez can't do shit !