Barcelona suffered a 4-3 aggregate defeat to Manchester United in the Europa League and have now been dropped from the tournament. The Catalan club often find it difficult to put on impressive performances against Europe's top teams.
Barcelona lost 0-3 to Juventus in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League season 2020/2021. Barcelona lost 1-4 to PSG and was held 1-1 by the Parisians. The Catalan team lost 0-3 to Bayern Munich in the first leg and second leg of the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 2021/2022 season. Barcelona was held 1-1 by Napoli in the first leg of the Europa League season 2021/2022 and won 4-2 against the Serie A team in the second leg.
The Catalan club were held 1-1 by Frankfurt and lost 3-2 to the Bundesliga side in the second leg of their Europa League clash in 2022. Bayern Munich won 2-0 against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League. Champions League and Inter Milan beat Barcelona 1-0 in UCL season 2022/2023.
The Catalan club drew Inter Milan 3-3 in the UCL group stage and lost 0-3 to Bayern Munich.
Manchester United drew Barcelona 2-2 in the first leg of their Europa League clash. Barcelona then lost 1-2 to the Red Devils in the second leg.
Barcelona have only recorded one win in their last 15 European matches and that was against Napoli in the Europa League. The Catalans beat Napoli 4-2 in the first leg of the Europa League last season and they have failed to win a single European victory since.
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The Polish striker shows off his goal-scoring skills in La Liga but his goals are not decisive in the continental arena
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Joan Laporta signed Robert Lewandowski with the aim of promoting and enhancing Barcelona's competitiveness, especially in Europe, while helping Xavi build a winning team.
The Poland international is showing extraordinary form in La Liga Santander, where he is the current top scorer, but in continental competitions, he has not yet made a difference, and the Catalan side have paid a heavy price. for you.
The former Bayern Munich player has scored 6 goals in Europe:
five in the Champions League and one in the Europa League. However, none of these strikes were decisive.
Barcelona beat Viktoria Plzen 5-1 with Lewandowski's hat-trick, while against Inter they scored a brace but the score was tied 3-3 and the result almost knocked the Blaugrana out of the Champions League. His penalty against Manchester United also failed to keep the team in the Europa League, when Los Cules' continental campaign came to an abrupt end in February.
Last summer, Barcelona completed a deal with Bayern for 45 million euros plus 5 million extra fees. He has been the team's big signing this season and the central striker is seen as a necessary asset to have options that challenge the continental title.
He was Joan Laporta's great hope, and also Xavi's. But it's not enough. His contributions in Europe have not made the same difference as in Spain.
Xavi wants to bond more with Lewandowski and his teammates
In total, Lewandowski has scored a notable 25 goals this season, most of them in La Liga, where he is Pichichi with 15 goals. but its overall performance suffers.
In the last 5 matches, he only scored 2 goals:
Thursday's goal against United at Old Trafford and goal against Cadiz at Camp Nou.
Anyway, Xavi is satisfied with his performance, although he also thinks he is going through a crisis. "He was great and he might be a little shorter now, but he's not bad. Maybe he needs to be used more," said Xavi.
"He's a top player who makes the difference. He's a good team player, he assists... we need to play with him more."
Barcelona have said goodbye to the possibility of winning the European Championship in another season, but they will be counting on Lewandowski to fight for the two titles that still await:
Copa del Rey and LaLiga Santander. Highs are still possible:
After winning the Supercopa de Espana, they reached the semi-finals of the domestic cup and led Real Madrid by 8 points on the table.
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