The Return of the King of Europe

No club competing with Barcelona in any competition this season deserves anything in the world—except Barcelona.

In La Liga, there are 19 other teams besides Barcelona, and not a single one of them deserves to even be mentioned in the same sentence as Barça. In the Champions League, all of Europe’s top clubs are competing, yet none of them deserve the title more than Barcelona.

Real Madrid, just to save face, has a cup final against Barcelona—but even that doesn’t justify rescuing their season. Meanwhile, Barça, without that final, already has four other titles in sight.

This season, Barcelona hasn’t just outperformed itself—they’ve outperformed logic. What’s happening is literally beyond reason.

Just a few months ago, you couldn’t even score a single goal when trailing. Now you’re pulling off comebacks at will, simply because you feel like it.

They’ve overcome financial limitations, and the lack of squad depth, to the point that Barcelona now has more tactical variety than teams with three full lineups—despite the fact that Barça can barely put together one lineup with full satisfaction about the eleven players on the pitch.