After the Camp Nou disaster, Barcelona suffered another catastrophe in Paris.
The entire football world was stunned, and every media outlet and fan was crying out about Barcelona's decline.
What exactly had caused Barcelona to suffer such a sharp collapse?
With a superstar trio like Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Neymar up front, how had this team suffered such a disastrous defeat in the Champions League round of sixteen?
France Team Report even believed that if German goalkeeper Ter Stegen had not performed so well, the score would have been far more than four to nil. Barcelona might even have repeated their previous seven-nil humiliation at Camp Nou in Paris.
In the post-match player ratings, which were scored out of ten, only Ter Stegen had received a passing mark of six for Barcelona. Every other player had failed. The worst were Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, André Gomes, and Alba. All five had received a score of two and had performed terribly.
Head Coach Enrique was once again subjected to fierce criticism. When Barcelona returned to Barcelona from Paris that very night, some Barcelona fans had even rushed to the airport to protest, demanding that Enrique resign and apologize.
It was not only the media and fans. Doubts about Head Coach Enrique had also emerged within Barcelona itself. Local players such as Pique and Busquets had questioned their coach's lineup and tactics, believing that the team should have played more proactively.
At the post-match press conference, Enrique still believed that the team had a chance to overturn the result.
The prerequisite was that Barcelona's players had to improve their form significantly.
The day after the match, everyone at Real Madrid's Valdebebas was also discussing Barcelona's match against Paris Saint-Germain.
The gap in strength between the two teams could not possibly have