Barcelona's youthful squad could now do some serious damage in the Champions League after making the quarter-finals for the first time since 2020
Having reached the last eight of the Champions League for the first time since 2020, the Blaugrana have nothing to lose and so much to gainfelt crucial in the context of Xavi's career. Although he has already won one major trophy, he needed this show of strength in continental competition. Barca did too.
No teams have a divine right to success - even if serial winners do exist. But Barca, as a brand, team and institution, feel too big to be sitting on the sidelines while the biggest games of the season play out. But the Catalans have known little but disappointment in Europe in recent years. Not since Lionel Messi stood before the Camp Nou prior to the 2018-19 season, promising the club would win the Champions League, have they been serious challengers., the infamous battering at the hands of Bayern Munich in 2020, and consecutive group-stage exits in 2022 and 2023 made the Blaugrana a laughing stock in Europe.The game with Napoli, then, was a chance to show that the Blaugrana can - if only temporarily - recover on club football's biggest stage.
The Blaugrana were convincing at both ends of the pitch, utilising a blend of exciting youth and timely experience to piece together a composed win. And although they may not be widely back to progress past the quarter-finals, this youthful team seems set to finally give Cules something to get excited about.
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