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Barcelona needs to brace for some tough times ahead while adjusting to the post-Lionel Messi era.
That message was clear after the 3-0 loss at home to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday, the team's first defeat since Messi left amid the club's financial struggles.
"It is what it is, we are what we are now," veteran Barcelona captain Gerard Pique said after the Catalan club was outplayed from the start at the Camp Nou. "It's a complicated season."
Looking nothing like the team that used to thrive when Messi was on the field, Barcelona couldn't get a single shot on goal the entire match and saw Bayern constantly threaten the other way.
"We would like to have competed better, but this is what we have right now," Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said. "I can't complain about our attitude, we tried our best. But there is a difference in talent and a difference between a team that has played a long time together and our team with lots of young players. It is difficult to accept, but we have to keep working."
The loss came more than a year after the embarrassing 8-2 debacle against Bayern in the quarterfinals of the Champions League two seasons ago, a defeat that began exposing Barcelona's struggles on and off the field.
"Poor Barca," read a front-page headline from sports daily Marca on Wednesday.
"The sad reality," said the daily Sport.
Koeman, who was hired shortly after the rout against Bayern, said it will take time for Barcelona to return to a top level.
"Our young players have a lot of potential, in two or three years they will be playing much better," Koeman said. "But right now, it is what it is."
Koeman also lost Antoine Griezmann in the transfer window last month, when the team's main addition was Netherlands forward Memphis Depay. The club added veteran Sergio Aguero but he is among the several players recovering from injury, along with youngsters Ousmane Dembele, Sergino Dest and Ansu Fati. Koeman used 18-year-old Yusuf Demir and 17-year-old Gavi on Tuesday. Pedri Gonzalez, also 18, was a starter.
"I look at the positive fact that we had some 18-year-old players coming into the match," Pique said. "It's our reality now."
Barcelona will have to rely a lot on its youngsters as it tries to recover from dire financial conditions caused by the pandemic and poor management. The Catalan club wasn't able to hand Messi a new contract and saw him leave for free to Paris Saint-Germain, one of the main contenders for the Champions League title this season.
There were signs Barcelona fans weren't too optimistic when they failed to buy all tickets available for Tuesday's match, something that rarely happened when Messi was still around, especially in a big Champions League match.
Pique said it was "hurtful" to hear jeers from the Camp Nou crowd for Sergi Roberto, who was singled out for his poor performance while playing improvised on the right flank.
Pique said the next few weeks will be key for Barcelona, a five-time champion in Europe's top competition.
"We need to win our next matches in the Champions League and stay among the leaders in the Spanish league," Pique said. "Right now we are not considered favorites but we will see what happens at the end of the season. Chelsea also wasn't the favorite to win the Champions League last season."
Barcelona's next match in Group E will be at Benfica later this month. Benfica opened with a 1-1 draw at Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday.
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