A few minutes after the “scandal match”, several media outlets
reported a news awaiting the Barcelona administration,
representing the team’s decision to oust coach Kiki Setien.
Barca lost 2-8 against Bayern Munich in the Champions League
quarter-finals, in a match hosted by the Portuguese city of
Lisbon, for the Catalan giants bid farewell to the championship
in a scene that his fans will be bitter for years.
Thomas Muller (4 and 31), Ivan Perisic (21), Serge Gnabry (30),
Joshua Kimmisch (63), Robert Lewandowski (84) and Felipe
Coutinho (85 and 89) for Bayern and Austrian David Alaba (7
mistakes in the goal of his team) scored ), And the Uruguayan
Luis Suarez (57) to Barcelona.
Barcelona, who suffered a lot this season domestically, and lost
the league in its last meters to arch-rivals Real Madrid, went out
with a bowed head, as Setien, who received his training in the
middle of the current season, will pay the price of this
humiliating, unprecedented loss at the European level.
The last time Barcelona conceded 4 goals in the first 31 minutes
in any competition dates back to January 1951, when they lost
to Real Madrid 1-4 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
According to several sources, including the English “Daily
Mail” website, Barcelona’s board of directors made a decisive
decision minutes after the end of the match to dismiss Setien,
noting that the Spanish coach made statements unacceptable to
many, during which he said it was a very painful defeat.
They scored a lot of goals.
Setien confirmed that Barcelona deserved to lose because the
team was confused while the opponent was very effective.
Kiki led Barcelona in 25 games, winning 16, losing 5 and drawing 4 games.
