Getafe 4 – 0 Barcelona – Lowlights

Well, it’s my duty, I suppose, to provide the eulogy for Barcelona’s Copa del Rey campaign. Not that I want to think about this game now or ever again, but it has to be done, so here is a 5 minute “highlight” reel of the game :

Note the terrible defending on 3 of the goals and the fact that it could have been 8-0 by the end…Jorquera didn’t seem to make too many mistakes on those goals, but rather the defense didn’t step up for him. Unlucky by Eto’o and Saviola plus a near miss by Ronaldinho, but that’s how the chips fall sometimes. We had our chances and we didn’t take them, so we didn’t deserve to win. Still…arg.

As for what this means for the rest of the season, well, we’ll have to wait until the game in the Camp Nou against Betis on Sunday (1pm) in order to be able to say. It’s easy to get down on the team (I don’t get the whole Spanish capri pants thing ala Rafael Nadal, but all right), but they’re professional athletes and they can put this behind them. Hopefully, anyway. It was, apparently, a mistake to not start Messi and Thuram, but you take your chances in domestic cups which don’t really mean all that much (quick, off the top of your head, who won in 2006? 2005? 2004?*). I, for one, supported resting some of the players, especially if it was deemed necessary by the medical staff or by the player; it’s just that hindsight is 20/20 and if we start talking smack about the team as if they’re going to stumble and free fall out of the top 2, then they probably will. Fans must back their club now, not just demand trophies. Sure, it’s embarrassing, but it’s a reason to fight all the harder during the next game, not give up.

Enough ranting. Back on Monday with more.

*2006: Espanyol, 2005: Real Betis, 2004: Zaragoza. All previous winners can be found here. I had to look up 2005.

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