Barcelona may have beaten Slavia Prague on Wednesday night, but they weren’t convincing during their 2-1 victory.
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Ernesto Valverde’s team narrowly outdid the Czech club in terms of possession and their pass success rate, but Slavia had 11 more shots than Barcelona did, getting two more on target, as per WhoScored.
The Blaugrana even had to rely on an own goal just before the hour mark to hand them the three points, after allowing the opposition to equalise:
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P. Olayinka (57′ og)https://t.co/YUOXHXElQG— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 24, 2019
This win may have seen Barcelona remain at the top of their Champions League group, but it still hasn’t got the team or manager in the good books of many fans, as they are disgusted by the level of performance that was shown.
The ways the team has been described following the game’s culmination includes: a joke, shameful, lucky to win and boring.
In the minds of many fans, it is not enough to simply win at Barcelona, they must do it with a style that wasn’t shown in Prague.
A selection of Twitter reaction to the performance, including posts from disgusted Barcelona fans, can be seen below:
It was a terrible game for us, any other manager with these players would go there and win 5-0
— Mustafa (@Mustafa63837015) October 24, 2019
This aint a win this is a big L for us…..These 11 can score 8-0 against slavia….but valverde is the key problem ,i want to use slangs but they too have respect ,dont want to use them for valverde
— brownwalkers (@brown7bread) October 24, 2019
This match is simply a joke pic.twitter.com/5P28IWCCAu
— Luigismo (@jetesuggere) October 24, 2019
If Pep was still coaching for us, the squad would had a field day
— Dam (@SirAdam_) October 24, 2019
A shameful game.
Barca is done and dusted by Valverde— Moonwalker (@NubianDaICE) October 24, 2019
We won that game clearly by Luck with
— BIG LIAR (@pompido042) October 24, 2019
Barcelona tactics under Valverde is like that if crystal palace. So boring and annoying
— shadin azah (@AzahShadin) October 24, 2019
Barcelona fans, do you feel satisfied about the game? Join the discussion by commenting below…
