Can't blame fans of other teams for tap-dancing on Barça's grave. Everyone loves a comeuppance. Only natural to enjoy watching a team that humiliated everyone to get humiliated (three years running). Football is cyclical. You win, you lose, you're arrogant, you get humbled.
That's sport (and life too, really). To have a winner you need a loser, and no one always stays winning. This club has already given me enough joy for a lifetime, so what's a bit of pain? That's the deal. You can rough it out, or you can call it quits. I'll always take the former
Very easy for me to say, because fans of the vast majority of smaller clubs - meant with no disrespect -
have it much, much worse, and big clubs don't tend to stay down for very long. Barça will be back, maybe not to the same level, but they will be back.
have it much, much worse, and big clubs don't tend to stay down for very long. Barça will be back, maybe not to the same level, but they will be back.
How long that takes is anyone's guess, but even now you can't - at least for me - rule them out domestically. If your sole benchmark is the CL, or more specifically CL domination, well, that could be a long wait. For me that's irrelevant, because my support is unconditional.