They are still maybe called Barcelona. And they wear their shirts. And those shirts have that famous badge on them. And the stands at Camp Nou yet send a well-known message ‘Mes que un club’ (More than a club)…But, in truth, this is anything but the club, the giant we used to know until recently. A new, much-deserved 2-0 away defeat to Atletico Madrid put a definite end to Catalan’s hopes of some incredible resurrection. It won’t be any of it – the road to the bottom is sealed for Ronald Koeman’s side.Hours after Joan Laporta announced the Dutch coach would stay in Barca’s dugout, Koeman witnessed another deplorable performance of his players.’Koeman will stay as coach, he is Barca’s legend’If you would strip those shirts from them, we bet you could never guess those guys represent five-time Champions League winners. Impotent, disoriented, confused and effortless on the pitch, they were nowhere near a draw, let alone victory against highly motivated Diego Simeone’s boys.Koeman’s reaction to Suarez’s goal was full of regret 🤐 pic.twitter.com/YwGhm32as6— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 2, 2021 The offensive axis Luis Suarez – Thomas Lemar – Joao Felix made them look like a bunch of amateurs shortly after the kick-off.A young Felix – who hasn’t yet lived up to expectations at Wanda Metropolitano – launched a furious counter-attack in the 23rd minute, passed the ball to Suarez, who quickly provided Lemar with a perfect position to bite the visitors with an early goal.
The same protagonists, only this time in a bit different roles, engaged once again seconds before the half-time break. Felix started it all again, while Lemar took the ‘relay’ from him and assisted Suarez, who had all the time in the world to concentrate and placed it easily behind Ter Stegen for 2-0.
The match basically ended at that moment, with Barca being unable to strike back by any means. Poor, deplorable and helpless, they could only wait for the final whistle to liberate them from the misery they fell into.Such a horrible moment for a – not so long ago – so powerful squad and much-appreciated club.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 8FridayAthletic Bilbao – Alaves 1-0 (1-0)/Garcia 44/SaturdayOsasuna – Rayo Vallecano 1-0 (0-0)/Sanchez 90+1/Mallorca – Levante 1-0 (0-0)/Rodriguez 74/Cadiz – Valencia 0-0Atletico Madrid – Barcelona 2-0 (0-0)/Lemar 23, Suarez 44/Sunday15:00: (3.40) Elche (3.15) Celta (2.40)17:15: (5.50) Espanyol (3.90) Real Madrid (1.70)19:30: (2.05) Villareal (3.50) Betis (3.90)19:30: (3.80) Getafe (3.15) Sociedad (2.25)22:00: (5.10) Granada (3.60) Sevilla (1.80)***odds are subject to change