Published: Today at 11:19
THE SPANISH newspapers were this morning reflecting on Barcelona’s shock exit from the Champions League.
Madrid-based Marca declared in their headline: ‘Nightmare at the Camp Nou’.
With reference to Saturday night’s El Clasico defeat to Real, Marca went on to write: “Barcelona is out of La Liga and the Champions League after the three darkest days of the Guardiola era.”
El Mundo, also based in the Spanish capital, labelled last night’s result: ‘Mortal blow at the Camp Nou’ and questioned: “Is this the end of the victorious cycle?”
Another Madrid based daily, AS, went with the headline: ’Adios Barcelona’.
It went on to ponder the future of Guardiola as it read: 'Pep to speak with the president about the future'.
Barcelona-based Sport took a more sympathetic view and turned on Chelsea’s performance with the headline: ’Football punishes Barca’.
Their editorial read: “Unjust, cruel, horrible, unmerited. Any adjective is not enough to define the incredible elimination of Barca at the hands of Chelsea.
“Few times has a team done so much to deserve to reach the Champions League final as that of Guardiola’s. And rarely has a rival, with so little, gained that very prize.
“The fact is that the Blues scored three goals from three chances in 180 minutes. And they advanced to Munich.”
El Mundo Deportivo looked back on past Barcelona shock defeats as it said: “FC Barcelona lose to Chelsea, as in Bern 1961 final against Benfica and against Inter 2010 semi-final.”
It also went on to discuss Guardiola’s contract situation alongside a pained-looking image of the coach on the touchline, saying: ’Now turn to take a decision’.
Madrid’s El Pais went with the headline: ’The most tragic monologue of Barcelona’, and followed up with ’Barca crash against the Chelsea wall on a fateful night for Messi’.
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