La Liga put forth its worst group stage performance since the Champions League moved to its current format, with only Real Madrid going through. jonawils on whether this is a one-off or indicative of a longer-term decline
Sevilla: Five points from six games. Barcelona: Seven points from six games. Real Madrid: 13 points from six games. As you can see, this has not been a good year for Spanish clubs in the Champions League. In fact, it’s been the worst year in the 19 seasons since the competition began processing eight groups into a last 16. There’s never been a season before in which only one team from La Liga reached this stage. There have only been two in which only two made it through.
Barcelona also could blame its group. To be drawn with not only its eternal nemesis Bayern Munich but also Inter Milan was tough. Perhaps the summer of intense transfer activity has proved disruptive and there will be a process of settling in and consolidation, but that seems like the most generous line it’s possible to take forSevilla, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona all crashed out of the Champions League in the group stage.
To call Real Madrid fortunate would be unfair, but equally in the three knockout ties leading up to the final—against PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City—it was reliant on late surges that spoke more of self-belief and a capacity to produce in big moments than domination. It was a triumph based on the individual abilities of Karim Benzema, Luka Modrić and Thibaut Courtois, who are, respectively, 34, 37 and 30.
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