ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas, Pablo Zabaleta and Shaka Hislop react to Real Valladolid’s 3-1 against Barcelona as they discuss what it means for the LaLiga relegation zone, as Valladolid is now three points clear of Gaetafe and four ahead of Espanyol. They also discuss the potential of Lionel Messi returning to the club this summer.
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Everyone says they have nothing to play for??!! Howabout the wages they collect during this time!! Arent they getting paid to play? Even after the win the title??
"Falla?" Is it really that difficult to use spellcheck on the text in the thumbnail?
Come on..what do you guys expect. We are playing eric garcia, Alonso, pablo torre, kessie, roberto. Xavi is clearly focusing on giving game time and trying new things out and assessing who deserves to stay at the club rather than win this match. For me its clear now we need to sell ferran, fati, eric, kessie atleast and loan torre, the 4 players need to be sold and if any barca fans think we should keep fati, then prepare for more embarassment in europe next season. This team is so in efficient in attack that Lewandowski is working with scraps, he needs quality service and delivery into the box and our forwards are unable to provide it consistently nor are they aboe to score goals or make assists consistently themselves and if you guys think we need to keep fati and give him time and develop, well this is barca 1stvteam now not lamasia, if there is no progress then the club will mive forward and i dont see any development in fati for a complete season away from injury now.
Eric Garcia should leave Barcelona!! He is simply not good enough!!
we’ve conceded as many goals in the past 3 league games as the 20 league games prior… that record of 9 goals conceded until late april could genuinely have stood for 100 years not only for la liga but across the top 5 leagues.
i get that it was a massive over performance in xGA but that would have really changed the club and it’s a shame the players didn’t see it.
people saying the season is over who cares the 11 1-0 games is proof this team arent great with out Lewa goals they would of been 4th at best add Ter Steg to this no one was able to score regularly to help…
all this after Xavi said its Barca DNA to play beautiful attacking football with 2 or 3 goals always is a must …
Barca had some very lucky wins add to this they were humiliated in UCL group stages and eliminated from Europa so early and kicked out of Copa Del Rey they were able with 7 new players get threw to win Laliga
This barca mentality could easily get crushed 10 – 0 by Manchester City, barca next season will worse
Historically Barca always played their B team when the league is wrapped up. Pep always played Jonathan Dos Santos, Fontas, Afellay, Muniesa, Pinto, Tello etc. This is used as a preseason to get a look at the reserves and see who is going to have a place next season and who needs to go or which positions need filling. In the long run it is more beneficial than chasing some unimportant record that could risk certain players more injury, don't forget that Pedri was rushed back and Dembele is still working his way back slowly. The Pichichi is the only thing still left to fight for and that's why Lewa is still in full force. I would actually implore Xavi to put Aleix Garrido, Chadi Riad, Estanis for the next match as these La Liga matches are hard to come to come by for Barca b players.
In my perspective,the coach is giving other players a chance to play and prove their self before the club goes to the transfer market…and again Espanyol deserves it…Eric Garcia got to play the pivot in the first half…the club is already preparing for next season….
it is a fix match
guys stop complaining they wanted to help real valladolid
this wasn't a b-team and they got buggered lol
It's clear very clear that Espanol should be relegated for what they have done in the last game 😂
Absolute nonsense from Barça, they were so annoying to watch, Eric Garcia always a mess, I want him out and a player for a mid table team, Pablo is right 😏😏
Zabaleta speaking BS. He is just saying that cos messi is a friend
😂 we are busy helping relegated teams
We don’t care, we done our job. Espannyol goodbye see you never
Barca C team 🤮🤮🤮
When Real lose they are focusing on Champions League !
They don't have to give anything… Why should they keep beating every team… Zabaleta is just angry
Bye bye Espanyol 😂
They don't care about the rest of the games, you get a win, you get a win, everybody gets a win. 😂
How people rate Eric Garcia highly before this is just a 🤔
Eric Garcia should leave barcelona.
This is disheartening as a fan. Yes we are already champions, which is EXACTLY why we should act like one. Where’s the character from this team? I swear man, blaugrana pride is not the same as it used to be. Disappointing
boring liga now. This barca team not even good play worst football out of barca team but still win the league how bad la liga is.
Just imagine how pissed off the clubs in the regulation zone are right now. Of all clubs, Barca couldn’t take down Real Valladolid, which lifted the latter into the safe zone. Good for Real Valladolid though. Cyril Larin plays there, and I want him to succeed.
That’s what espanyol gets. Did They forget what happened 2 weeks ago
As a Barca fan this really is embarrassing, winning the doesn't mean you should dropout for the remaining games. The record we had has now gone away in 4 games conceding 5 goals in two matches isn't Barcelona let alone losing 3-0 only to score after 80 minutes.